My Life as an Asthma Mom

 As the 4th of July weekend nears, I'm VERY worried about fireworks smoke. We live in a cul de sac, and the neighbors like to put on a BBQ with fireworks and dub the party  "The Cul de sac of Fire" Can I tell you how much I hate fireworks?  Am I old and cranky? Well, yes - but that's beside the point  Firework smoke almost killed my son When Son #2 was in elementary school, his asthma was almost impossible to control. This was before asthma biologics were available for those under age 12.  He was on multiple daily, anti-inflammatory inhalers.  He also had allergy shots in the hopes that controlling his allergies would control his asthma.  And our home was allergy & asthma friendly.   We were also germaphobes WAY before COVID.  We tried everything to keep him healthy.  Every minor cold morphed into pneumonia for him - and another hospital stay.  RSV also put him in the hospital for a week (at age 5). Yes, 5. 4th of July fire...

  This is the first time I got a sneak peak at a new product, and was able to try it out.    A rep from Monaghan Medical contacted me on my social media accounts for My Life as an Asthma Mom and asked if I wanted to try out a new valved holding chamber for my inhaler, called Aero2go I don't think I'm that cool or that many people follow me on social media (I'm probably the only person that's not on TikTok!) 🤣 But I was flattered that they trusted me enough to try it.  I've had asthma for 25 years, and sadly all 3 of my kids inherited my asthma.  The youngest two were hospitalized 12 times when they were younger - 2 ICU's.  So we have tried a LOT of inhalers, spacers, and valved holding chambers over the years.  But the Aero2go valved holding chamber is different from anything else I have seen or tried.  What I like about this spacer (valved holding chamber) A valved holding chamber (VHC) is different from a spacer because it has a one-way valve ...