Hi.
I'm too sure how to do this, but registered this morning and here I am. After reading your story, I am blown away. Brief history...I have three daughters, 11, 10 and 7. November 30th my oldest daughter spent the night at a friends house and called me by 10:00 pm to tell me that she didn't feel good - her asthma was acting up (she is very asthmatic and has been in the hospital twice), so I picked her up. When she got home she insisted she needed to go back to the hospital something was just not right. I checked her breathing and she was fine, no wheezing, etc., I couldn't seem to calm her down, we tried to lay down for awhile and she said her throat was closing (in June 07 she was hospitalized with Crepitas (sp?), her lung had popped from an asthma attack), just like when she had crepitas. I asked her if she could hear "rice crispys" that's when the air is trapped under your skin, she said no. So, as she is still freaking out, we laid on the couch and watched TV. I dosed off, but not her, she was too scared. She really didn't know what was going on with her body. Well, finally she fell asleep. The next day I took her to the doctor. He said she is probably coming down with a virus and showed her how to determine if she is having an asthma attack or not having one, which oh my gosh, we already know this, believe me, but it wasn't her normal doctor. The following week I kept her home from school for three days and still not feeling that great (dark circles under her eyes), she referred to it as feeling poopy, sent her back to school. The following week my youngest daughter came down with strep throat (which we have never had in our family before) so that was December 11th. By December 13th my oldest was tested and it came back positive. By December 18th, she told me after waking up she couldn't go to school, her throat her too much, so I took her back to the doctor and she tested negative (rapid test). Through our holiday she just didn't seem herself, crying a lot, very tired, and still the dark circles under her eyes, oh and telling me her stomach her every night. Well, yesterday, December 28, she had the same exact symptoms as Nov. 30th, so back to the doctor. On the way there, she again, starting freaking out like she her throat was closing, hyperventilating, fingers felt like they couldn't move and very tingly. The doctor cultured her and my middle daughter and the middle daughter came up positive, my older daughter no. The doctor said she didn't trust the rapid test so she will test and call us in the morning (today). The funny thing is my older daughter has always suffered from anxiety (had to home school her in 2nd because of anxiety), but we have learned to work through it and of course have had some visits with therapists. She is also a straight A student and has been every since she started school. When the doctor called me back yesterday after we had left she said she had researched this thing called PANDA..wow after reading this...I am lost. Is this really true? I don't believe in putting my daughter on any kind of anxiety medicine. I don't what to do? Did you get a blood work up on your son? I feel so bad for her...for 11 years old she knows her body quite well and knows she just doesn't feel right. If you have any other tips or could shed some light...I would love to hear from you.
Confused in California
