Since he was 2 years, my son has been an asthmatic. In the early years, we were fortunate to both have health insurance, and the ability to see great doctors and his pediatrician was wonderful. Now, it is quite different. All his expenses our out of pocket, and we have come to the worst attack he has experienced.
Over the past three weeks he has not only continued on his normal, daily, steroidal regime, he has also been on very specific steroids, given Intravenously, at the asthma specialist. Since the 6th of February, he has shown no change, and the only thing that is giving him any relief is the albuterol and Bromide inhalant with the nebulizer.
We have tried to seek a compassionate ear at the National Jewish Medical & Research Center in Denver, but, to no avail.
We are both so frustrated as the system is not set up for helping kids that are this sick.
We are located outside Los Angeles, Ca. Should you have any input to specialists who deal with significant asthma problems and will not cause us to lose the roof over our head, your help and insight would be greatly appreciated.
Hi! My son has also had asthma since he was 2 years. I am lucky to have a
really great allergy doctor for him here in Massachusetts. He was found to be allergic to dust. He has to take Singulair chewables every night. In the warmer months he also needs Zyrtec and he uses his albuterol inhaler as needed. Has your son been tested for allergies? Colleen
Since he was 2 years, my son has been an asthmatic. In the early years, we were fortunate to both have health insurance, and the ability to see great doctors and his pediatrician was wonderful. Now, it is quite different. All his expenses our out of pocket, and we have come to the worst attack he has experienced.
Over the past three weeks he has not only continued on his normal, daily, steroidal regime, he has also been on very specific steroids, given Intravenously, at the asthma specialist. Since the 6th of February, he has shown no change, and the only thing that is giving him any relief is the albuterol and Bromide inhalant with the nebulizer.
We have tried to seek a compassionate ear at the National Jewish Medical & Research Center in Denver, but, to no avail.
We are both so frustrated as the system is not set up for helping kids that are this sick.
We are located outside Los Angeles, Ca. Should you have any input to specialists who deal with significant asthma problems and will not cause us to lose the roof over our head, your help and insight would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Lain Kennedy
If you look up the green pharmacy and asthma, there are many good suggestions on natural remedies.
Give it a read; however I would check for any interactions of those suggested remedies with the medications he is taking now....make sure they are safe ideas. First and foremost, check anything out with his doctor first before trying any of them.
If they help, maybe eventually he wouldn't need the medication or at least his medication would be more effective for him. Good luck, it must be a hard thing to deal with.
My son has an allergy to peanuts that causes his asthma to flare up.
I didn't have health insurance for a while and had to seel my house because I was sick and out of a job. My husband had hip replacement surgery around that time too just before he lost his health insurance due to a job change.
Here in Illinois, we have a great system to help parents with children's health expenses. It's a state program called Kids First. They help pay for hospital stays, medications and treatments. We got our medical care from our county health department. They have a great nurse practitioner there who specializes in asthma AND ADD (my son has that too). that NP is MUCH better than his old doctor. In fact, she runs the asthma and allergy clinic in our area.
These places usually charge on a sliding scale basis.
I used to think that docs who worked in free clinics and such weren't any good. Boy, was I WRONG! I have insurance now and I still take my son to that clinic.
Barb
So sorry for what you and your family are going through.Have you checked into all possible health programs that are run by your state?i know that many states have special ins programs that are just for children.in MN, we have MN care.it is just a regular insurance program that only would cover your children,but not you.I would contact your state representitives office and see what they might have for you as far as possibilities.Your state reps are there for you(or so they say)Now it is time to have them go to work for you.this kind of thing is supposed to be part of what they do.Please give it a try.Explain to them how bad your sons condition is and all that he needs as far as daily and emergent care,and simply tell them that right now, you cannot give him the standard of care that he needs to stay healthy.i would think that the more you tug on their heartstrings, the further you may get with them.Just don't back down and keep pushing til you get what you need,remember, you are fighting for the health and life of your child.My son had a chronic liver disease that was slowly killing him.He really needed me to be there for him,even on the days where it really felt all so overwhelming and all i wanted to do was hide in my bed.But you just keep telling yourself that you need to to what you have to and suddenly you find out that you are alot stronger than you thought you were.I wish you the best here and really hope that things will work out for your son.Please call your rep today and get this process started.Keep us posted.Marcia
My Son Is Very Sick With Asthma PLEASE Help 
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