Can we start a new asthma support thread now dreaded winter season is looming?

[Knackeredmother]

Hi,
I can't seem to find the old support thread. I lurked on it during many long, lonely and frightening nights and admissions with ds over the past year and a half.
My ds is 21 months now, was hospitalized at 8 weeks severe bronchiolitis (really thought he would die) then every 3-4 weeks since whenever he gets a cold. No symptoms in between colds but a wet, crackly chest with some wheeze with every cold. Plus of course the dreaded tracheal tug and sternal recession that heralds an admission.
It is all so bloody draining and heartbreaking!
We are just starting with a new bout today after a whole 8 weeks of being well. I am debating whether to call in sick for my nightshift tonight or leave poor hubby with an inevitable hospital admission AND our 4 year old!
Anyway, would be good to hear from others going through similar so we can all support each other ( or direct me to the original support thread!)

At least the peak flow will allow them to see if his breathing is being effected. Hopefully it helps you get answers.

Things ok here, although I think we are in for a long night as DS has woken coughing 3 times since he went to sleep at 6

Hi sirzy how is DS this morning? Hope he didn't have a rough night.

My DS is on the mend after our hospital stay this weekend, the nurse came to see him yesterday and reduced him to 8 puffs every 4 hrs and down to 6 puffs today x

DS seems ok today, bit tireder than usual but nothing major.

Hope the reduction is going well! Always seems to take ages to wean DS down after an attack.

How is everyone else getting on?

Hi
Hope everyone is ok.
DS is back on pred and antibiotics he went to school today and came home with a temperature
Willl see how he is toight

Oh no. Hope he had a good night cedmonds

yeay, its September, and so it starts... :(

DS1 has had a couple of attacks in the last 3-4 days - nothing too major, easily controlled with ventolin, but they have come on very quickly - 0 to heavy wheeze and cough within a minute or two, which is different from the slow build up to an attack he used to have. I dont know whether to be concerned about this - he changed meds in January from flixotide/serevent combi to seretide - but is at low dose (50/25mcg).

Im not sure if I should just leave it and deal with attacks as they come, or whether this change in pattern means I should speak to a GP. I have in my mind those fit and healthy kids that suddenly have an attack on the rugby field at school, so becoming a bit paranoid. He's due a review in November, but Im just a bit over cautious.

WWYD?

I think I would keep a diary for a few days of when they happen what he is doing etc and then if they keep on happening go to the GP. Could you get his review brought forward?

How is everyone getting on?

DS is pretty wheezy today and needing 5 puffs of ventolin every 4 hours, I am hoping that is as bad as it gets but got phone charging and hospital bag ready just incase!

:( sirzy, I would be taking him down - thats a lot of ventolin in 24 hours :( How is his peak flow?

5 puffs every 4 hours is his home limit but i am expecting an A and E trip in the next 48 hours at this rate. He is only 2.10 so to little for a peak flow which is a pain as it makes it more of a guessing game.

Hope you stay away from A+E Sirzy
We have got the hospital bag packed as well.I hate the waitig and seeing. DS is on 10 puffs every four hours with pred and antibiotics I was told from GOSH that they dont take account of how the peak flow is in children under 6, and even then they prefer to look at the child.

Hope he improves soon Cedmonds. I agree its so hard to know at what point you need to head to the hospital, you would think it would get easier with time but it doesn't seem to!

Oh no sirzy and cedmonds, fingers crossed for you both and your little ones, thinking of you both x

Bloody first sign of cold weather and my kids are a nightmare :( Ds1 is on antibiotics and doing okay but ds2 has started with a horrible cough been up 4 times already and he's only been in bed since 7 :(

Hope everyone stays away from A&E

Ds2 was only there on Wednesday

Hope you stayed away from A&E Sirzy . I kow what you mean alli about the first sign of cold weather.
Ds stayed at home he is flopped on the sofa watching tv at the moment. If he dosent perk up i will take him. I hate September it is always when it goes wrong.

We did, he is still wheezy but happy enough in himself. Other than coughing more he slept pretty well last night but as soon as he started playing this morning he started wheezing so I think it could be exercised induced more than illness induced.

Ali and Cedmonds, hope they start feeling better soon

Ds2 is awful this morning cannot go more than a few seconds without coughing and it's a horrible dry whistley cough he's managed breakfast and is watching fireman Sam quiet but calmish.

Bless him :( do you think you are going to have to take him to get checked? x

Hi all, just marking my place. DS2, aged 5, is asthmatic, but thankfully not too bad. We currently control with a brown inhaler, topped up with a blue one as necessary.

He has been rough the last couple of weeks, particularly after a tennis lesson this week, so I've doubled his brown, as advised by the asthma nurse, and I'm trying to keep him out of the cold air.

Welcome sitting :) Hope the increased brown inahaler helps!

I've just checked his sats and they are 97 so that's positive if he doesn't last 4 hours on his 5 puffs of ventolin then I will take him to A&E x x

thats a good sign :) hope he manages to stay at home.

I hope all the little ones with problems at the moment isn't a sign of the type of winter we have ahead!

Hi all

Just found this thread, DS (7) was just diagnosed as asthmatic at the start of the week. He had been to see the asthma nurse in the spring as he was complaining of his chest being 'tight' but she oohed and ahhed as he didn't display 'typical' symptoms.

Fast forward to Sunday night where he was up for hours with a hacking cough. He develpoed a wheeze and was struggling to breathe properly on Monday early evening so we took him down to the out of hours where they gave him ventolin, steroids, anti-biotics and a blue inhalor to take home. We had the docs the next day who confirmed the diagnosis (within minutes of taking the ventolin he was much more at ease) so now have a brown inhalor he has to take twice a day.

Sorry for the long ramble, this is all new to me!

Hi white, glad you have got a diagnosis now!

Glad you stayed at home and I hope you stay at home Alli.
DS peak flow is 10% below normal but he he playing a little bit so will see how he goes