My poor 5 year old has been through the mill and was poorly whilst on holiday, we came back yesterday and ended up calling 111 due to her breathing issues. I was promised a call from a doctor within the hour and made to feel rubbish for giving her my own inhaler to help ( we had been in Spain and she has taken her own identical one multiple times before). 111 took 7hours to call me back, by which time 'mum gut' had taken hold and I had taken her to A&E many hours before where she was fast tracked and admitted overnight.
We are thankfully home and tonight she had a similar moment and struggled to catch her breathe. But she tries to self calm as I have tried to teach whilst away (think hmmms and haaaaas whilst deep breathing), took an inhaler and went back to bed.... And as she went back said 'thankyou mummy for helping me breathe again'..... Honestly felt a moment of feeling like I had done well. A 111 caller made me feel awful for a while but A&E reassurance and my own 5 year old turned that around.