RaceRat79

My daughter (thanks to her mother) almost went into cardiac (sp?) arrest when she was about 5 yrs old, due to her having an attack and her mother waiting on taking her in.

There is a childerens specialist that is across from Sunrise in those black glass buildiings, I will see if I can find his name and if he is still there. This guy would right everything down in detail, so there would be no question what he was talking about or wanted you to do.

Awesome if you can find the name of that doctor.

I didn't know it can make you go into cardiac arrest but i guess it makes sense :blonde:

Unfortunately, we can relate. We were there 4 years ago at New Years weekend. Wind was ripping. My wife woke me up at 2am saying she couldn't breathe. I quickly loaded up and we were on the road an hour later.

She felt better after we got out of the area into cleaner air. After we got home, it got worse and I took her to the hospital. She was in bad shape. Had to stay the night and received extensive respiratory therapy. She's had asthma ever since. Just like your son, she got bronchitis the next day.

Now, we look at the weather for wind forecast. I like intellicast.com and look at the hourly forecast. She does not sit around the camp fire (smoke). Don't stay long at comp hill or congested areas due to dust. Don't camp in congested or dusty areas... we try to camp in the rocky areas.

She carries recovery inhalers, wears head socks often.

Luckily, we're still able to enjoy our family hobby.

Hope you find a way too!

intellicast.com thanks.....good idea!

We do carry a nebulizer and this Thanksgiving was the first time I've actually had to make him use it. I can't for the life of me get him into see his pulmonologist (childrens lung specialist dr. nakamura) I don't know what their deal is with them. Does anybody know of another childrens pulmonologist in Vegas that like can see kids in a timely fashion? My sons primary care doctor doesn't want to treat him anymore because his case is so severe and he always get's acute bronchitis with it. However, the lung specialist doen't see kids for emergent issues even after my primary care doctor calls the lung specialist. It's like I feel helpless as I've heard Dr. Nakamura is the only childrens lung specialist in town.

Anyway, now people are starting to tell me horror stories of children dying out there. I wonder if they are true stories?

Interesting feedback, keep it coming : )

Wondering if anyone has a child suffering from Asthma that goes to the Dunes? Besides the obvious of regular asthma precautions and medications. My child (12 years old) wears a sand sock and stays inside if it's really windy/sandy out. Thanksgiving trip was cut short due to an asthma episode which has now turned into bronchitis in just a day.

Besides the obvious of just quitting the Dunes all together (probably a reality of his condition) I'm reaching out to the DDR community to see if anybody has advice, stories, or suggestions?