Argghhh Asthma rearing its ugly head here again. I woke in the middle of the night to check on Alize because he came home from DC with a cough. No wheezing or the usual runny clear nose but anyway go tup to fine him grunting and whezzing so bad but still asleep my poor wee man. I woke and gave him 6 puffs of ventolin via the spacer. He just went back to sleep. I checked him and his grunted had stopped and the wheeze wasnt as loud so went back to bed.

This morning I went in and again he is grunting and wheezing so bad he cant even cough and he says to me "breather" lol that is what we call his ventolin and spacer.

Have put him on 4 puffs 2hrly and will just let the DC know. Otherwise well, so he can attend DC, they have a care plan and know when to contact me if he even slightly chnages and they are really good like that.

OK that is my rant for the day...

Fallen, was your daughter ever tested for allergies?? Alize has been and is allergic to dustmites and animal dander. The paed seems to think these are why my son suffers asthma.

He is great Lu. I used the ventolin and spacer to nebulise him for 2 days straight and then kept his ventolin on his high dose for a few days after. The action plans are great and really help when they have an attack.

I am going to use Amy's idea and when I see that asthma nose I will be upping the ventolin to hopefully avoid an attack!

Hows your wee man??

Alize was officially diagnosed with Asthma at 10mths old as the Gp wanted to put him on a preventor because he was having 2wkly attacks. Saw a paed and they were happy with diagnosis.

You go girl. The more info that is out there the better.

I have always been happy to dose up with ventolin but only because I have nebulised kids at work with it etc.  I have even written care plans for my patients of all ages but when it comes to my own, all that info seems to be lost to me. I have been trained in Asthma as a speciality in my practice nursing days so I know the anatomy and physiology of the disease and pharmacology inside out  but boy when it is one of your own and your on the other side of the fence it can be very overwhelming. I just get beside myself sometimes and ring my mum, friends, healthline anyone who can sort of reign me in and put it into perspective for me as I can freak out and not know what to do..... Meh im sure we all have "those" days lol

Amy, sorry to hound you but in my OP I said he was getting the tell tale streaming nose on Friday, should I have upped the ventolin dosage then?? He wasnt wheezing at that stage but I knew it was coming. He didnt have a cold or flu it was just the asthma nose I call it lol

Ooo thanks Amy about the info Amy. I havent had any contact yet. I ahve a care plan from the paed we saw. HIs beclozone is 2 puffs per day so maybe I will ring and see if I should up it too 2 puff twice daily.

Luana, maybe I might see if Alize is better on serotide. I have been reluctant to change him as his asthma is unstable and all over the show at the moment, but will def ask now I have had reassurance fro a mother in the know.

Alize is a pro with the spacer and doesnt have the mask at all. He seals his cute little lips around the mouth piece. I think he has clicked it helps him feel better.

My asthma has been terrible this year too.

I hope Jack is given a preventer soon. I saw a fast change once we started here.

Sign in here: I know there are a few of us here with asmatics. I am wanting to know how you cope with the changing of the weather??

We had 2 nice days at the start of the week and then it got cold again. Arrgghh I noticed the waterfall clear streaming nose on friday with Alize and knew it was coming and sure enough I was hit with an attack this morning. I nebulize him with his ventolin up to 12 puffs and he responses well but the poor boy still spends the day trying to run and plays as he never sits for a second all the while doing a great redition of darth vada or a baby with whooping cough. Any ideas on how you cope??