I have actually heard with asthma drinking cold water can really help. I know it has with me. I had severe asthma growing up, I spent most of my childhood in the hospital before 4 with continous double pneumonia, etc...anyhow, I grew out of it. I now take my inhaler maybe once a year. Soo...I am hopeful our little ones will get better as they grow older.
I have read that inhaled steroids don't really cause side effects, and I am sure it is rare...but I really think it did with DS. No doctor ever said it wouldn't, they just said that since it's inhaled it shouldn't be as bad as oral steroids. That makes sense.
And DS took swimming lessons in the summer and was fine...for some reason this time he is scared. We will try again later. We have a pool at home that he loves to go in. And he is quite an active boy. His asthma doesn't seem to be effected by running around. So that's good.
