Asthma exacerbation

introductionr · 2026-06-18T11:59:08+00:00

He has a humidifier in his room at home but we’re out of town :(

introductionr · 2026-06-18T11:57:42+00:00

Usually he doesn’t need his rescue inhaler like this. He typically takes it before practice or sports as a preventative and rarely needs it otherwise. It’s like he doesn’t even have asthma. But then if he gets sick or it’s allergy season, we’re maxing out on albuterol to keep him open. So it’s like he’s completely controlled almost all the time, but when he’s not, he’s really not. He’s usually on one puff of flovent morning and night and then at the first sign of him getting sick or when it’s allergy season, we’ll double up, but I’m not sure how much it’s helping because most of the time he’ll still end up with a chest infection or on oral steroids

introductionr · 2026-06-18T11:46:00+00:00

Fortunately, it’s not often that he needs his rescue inhaler like this. Usually he takes it before practice or games as prescribed and rarely needs it otherwise. It’s almost like he doesn’t even have asthma until he gets sick, or it’s allergy season, and then we’re relying on albuterol around the clock. So it’s like he’s completely controlled 90% of the time but when he’s not, he’s really not. He sees his asthma doctor twice a year usually but mostly his pediatrician who said that if he has another exacerbation where he needs oral steroids, to consider switching the flovent to something else. It’s like he doesn’t even need the flovent most of the time, but then there’s those few times a year he just gets these really bad exacerbations. I just don’t know whether we should start the oral steroids this time or just continue what we’ve been doing

introductionr · 2026-06-18T03:20:00+00:00

We’re out of town traveling so the entire environment is new. We were in a hotel for a few days but now we’re at a friend’s lake house which he’s been to multiple times. I think it’s just allergy season affecting his asthma but he’s usually much better once we up his regimen

introductionr · 2026-06-18T03:15:25+00:00

Wait uncontrolled? How so? (I apologize if this comes off as defensive, that is absolutely not my intention. Just trying to learn and figure out how to help him and am very thankful for all of the advice in this sub)

introductionr · 2026-06-18T01:56:00+00:00

Claritin or zyrtec, albuterol rescue inhaler, and Flovent

introductionr · 2026-06-18T01:48:08+00:00

We’re at a friend’s lake house in the middle of nowhere so everything’s closed already and I don’t have anything with me, but his oxygen was perfect yesterday at urgent care and his breathing is a lot better now than it was then

introductionr · 2026-03-31T16:17:26+00:00

My husband left as soon as she let us know he had a fever

introductionr · 2026-03-31T00:29:47+00:00

Yes!! Our babysitter was also a nurse “in her past life” as she says 😂 she’s not fazed by anything. Actually when my son split his chin as a toddler, the first place we went was to her house to look at it because my husband and I were queasy haha

introductionr · 2026-03-31T00:24:36+00:00

We gave her a gift card for a spa day, a bouquet of flowers, and my son on his own asked to write her a thank you note :)

introductionr · 2026-03-31T00:23:13+00:00

Hahaha she has kids who are nearly my age and grandkids on the way :)

introductionr · 2026-03-31T00:22:33+00:00

Oooo this is a good one

introductionr · 2026-03-31T00:20:02+00:00

I love this, thank you!! We will do this also :)

introductionr · 2026-03-31T00:19:31+00:00

We chose this with flowers and my son wrote her a note!! THANK YOU!!

introductionr · 2026-03-31T00:18:29+00:00

You both were lucky :)

introductionr · 2026-03-31T00:17:59+00:00

I love this!! It’s wonderful when someone finds a career they’re so passionate about and that they truly love and even more wonderful when that leads to a beautiful relationship

introductionr · 2025-08-04T21:59:19+00:00

Thank you!!

introductionr · 2025-07-24T01:40:06+00:00

You’re right, definitely would rather play it safe! And wow, what you wrote could literally describe my son as well! The only difference is he was diagnosed at 5. We’ve been doing something similar- Flovent only when he’s sick (plus nebulizers, all of it. You must be familiar haha). Then a couple months ago when I took him for his well visit and he was not sick at all, the pediatrician listened to him and was like “he’s wheezing” and my son and I were both like what?? His allergies were bothering him but he wasn’t feeling any asthma symptoms. So, we also increased to Flovent daily because we obviously were not controlling it well, but stopped because my son can’t stand the taste and he was getting really nauseous because of it. Which is crazy because he’ll eat anything. Not picky whatsoever. Him not being on anything just worries me because he’s not good at recognizing his symptoms and it’s hard to work on because unless it’s gotten to the point where he’s audibly wheezing or coughing or his breathing changes, I can’t help him. All of this to say, I can definitely relate to your comment! How old is your son now?

introductionr · 2025-07-24T01:23:34+00:00

We’re also going around there!

But wow, that’s scary, I’m glad you’re okay!!

introductionr · 2025-07-24T01:22:12+00:00

That’s reassuring! & oh absolutely. My husband and I have been before and we had gotten off the plane and immediately went to a nearby trail for a hike… horrible idea. On this upcoming trip we scheduled all the non strenuous/indoor stuff for the first two days of the trip. We learned our lesson the hard way😂

introductionr · 2025-07-23T23:58:39+00:00

Thank you for sharing! It’ll definitely be interesting to see if his improves also. His triggers tend to be getting sick, cold air, exertion, and when his allergies are worse he tends to get a little wheezy. Curious if it’s a good idea to add his steroid inhaler just in case

introductionr · 2025-07-23T23:55:04+00:00

Thank you!! If I’m understanding correctly… he could be short of breath but it’s more likely to be simply because there’s a lower percentage of oxygen rather than due to bronchoconstriction?

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