Braxton's Asthma Attacks

As many of you know, for the past year we have struggled with Braxton and his breathing due to his asthma. This past week, he's had a setback that almost put him back into the hospital and still could if he has another nighttime setback. For those of you that remember, it was last February that he was hospitalized for 4 days with a diagnosis of RSV at the time. The past 2 nights we have been dealing with these same breathing issues that put Braxton in the hospital last year.

For those of you that don't know, we put Braxton on Singular about 3 months ago and have not had to give him a breathing treatment since then, that is until this past week. With him starting Singular we were amazed at the results it immediately gave our son Braxton and the fact that we were no longer battling the breathing treatments that we have done so for the past year.

However, during the past week, his coughing during the day and night had become more prevalent and it became obvious that we had to do something because of his coughing fits, labored breathing, and low oxygen levels. In the past 2 days we've visited the doctor twice, averaged about 1.5 hours of sleep per night and had a chest x-ray done. The doctors are calling Braxton's current condition as severe asthma attacks due to a viral infection and we are treating with oral steroids, breathing treatments every 2 hours, and other prescribed methods. This morning our doctor sent us to get chest xrays. We just got a call that his chest xrays are good and there is no sign of pneumonia, thank goodness. As long as we can keep his breathing rate stable and oxygen levels normal, we will be at our home tonight.

I am asking for your prayers, love, and support for my family as we work through these issues to get to the "root" of his breathing and asthma problems. As a mother, you feel so helpless when you can't "fix" what is hurting on your child and they can't tell you exactly what it is that is hurting or that they are feeling. I ask that you pray for strength for us all during this time as we try and overcome these issues. We love you all!