Hi all
I’m sat in hospital for the second night with DD (6) after an asthma attack came from no where and landed us in an ambulance on blue lights. She’s never been admitted before and has been really brave with everything. We’re hoping to be released tomorrow, if we can put a home treatment plan together.
But.... I’m afraid. Her asthma has always been of the mild, wheezy but nothing a couple of squirts of ventolin won’t fix kind. This attack just would not resolve though. I had a brief period of time in the back of the ambulance when I thought she wasn’t going to pull through - the attendant couldn’t keep her oxygen sats up and he told the driver to ‘floor it’.
I know there are hundreds of children out there in worse situations but this attack came from no where - she woke from sleeping into it. We had no real warning, she’d gone to bed fine the night before.
I know she will be discharged with different, stronger medications.
Have any of you got any advice for getting things under control again? Any advice for giving her confidence again (and, frankly, me too. I keep playing that moment over in my mind and although I know it’s stupid I can’t shale it).
Thank you all (from the world’s most uncomfortable hospital chair’)