ok first you need to stop looking at the glass as half empty and
look at it as half full....in other words stop the what if's and
start the thank god's...thank god you love her enough to notice
something was odd in her look and behavior...many kids go
undiagnosed because people don't pay that much attention to notice
thier routines...second thank god you did mention it to a
friend...3rd thank god the dr diagnosed her quickly and young, now
she can get the treatment she needs.

asthma can be very seruious if not caught and not treated i know i
have it. i do not wheeze either and it took a long time to be
diagnosed by dr's as having asthma since i do not wheeze. but once
i found a dr who diagnosed me and treated me, i felt great. i
played sports all growing up (soccer, softball, swimming, diving,
skating, dance) i did everything. yes i had to carry an inhaler in
my pocket in case of emergency...but did i ever miss a beat...no.
coming from one who has been there, let the dr's do thier job, but
also listen to her, and watch her. there are many medications for
asthma and they will need to use trial and error to find the one
that works for her.

oh and i have one last but really important thing to remember from
experience...and tell her about this one can it can really be a life
saver...if she is on an inhaler, and the inhaler stops working and
you shake it and can hear/feel that there is stuff inside but it
won't spray...take it apart and run the plastic case under hot
water...then run just the tip of the canister under hot water...this
will normally also get an extra few puffs out of an empty canister
in an emergency.

remember you did the right thing!! you caught it before it is too
late and that is the best thing in the world that you can do!!

--- In emsfirepoliceptsd@yahoogroups.com, "Anita
<tempertantrumkid@y...>" <tempertantrumkid@y...> wrote:
> Last week I noticed the kiddo was really pale after her basket
ball
> games and slept for hours, quite unlike her. My friend, who is a
> pharmacist, thought it might ber seriuos. Today they confirmed her
> lung capacity is less than half what it needs to be, a ten point
drop
> and she'll end up hospitalized. They diagnosed her with atypical,
or
> no wheezing, asthma. So she is looking at a lot of intervention
until
> it is considered controlled. I feel SOOOOOOOOOO guilty....I know I
> shouldn't, who would think of asthma with no wheezing?? but, then
I
> think....what if i hadn't mentioned it to my buddy? If her lungs
are
> this bad when resting, how bad did they get during her last game?
> This month has been so horrid, the PTSD that was under control for
so
> long is really rearing its ugly ugly head.