not expecting this..

For the past couple of days, Emily has had a couple of wheezing episodes. We've been wondering if she had asthma for a while. We've always treated it at home with breathing treatments. Last night she came and woke me up and couldn't catch her breath, couldn't speak, and was holding her chest. Scared me to death. We got up and did a breathing treatment and waa-la problem solved.

So we went to see Dr. Marsh this morning. My goal was to get a rescue inhaler to keep at school in case she had an outbreak. But he recommended daily maintenance steroids. Their side effects aren't as bad as the rescue treatments, but I didn't expect that at all.

If any of you guys have dealt with this I would love to hear your stories. Now that I am home, I have thought up some more questions that I need to call Dr. Marsh about. Any thing you guys have to contribute to my saneness on this issue is greatly appreciated