Monkey had a home soccer game tonight. We had 3 subs, so he was able to get breaks, which definitely helps. (He always, understandably, has more attacks when his team has no subs and he’s “on” the whole time, except of course when he can’t be due to the attacks.)
No attacks tonight! Monkey said he consciously did the abdominal breathing exercises when there was a break in the action, and he believes that this prevented him from having any attacks for the whole game. (Or, he said, maybe it was just a coincidence — I encouraged him to trust that he was keeping it under control by doing the breathing.)
If things continue this well, we won’t need to try the Spiriva (sorry Val). If he does continue to have attacks when he plays with fewer breaks, then we’ll probably try it and see what it can do for him. But I didn’t want to change two variables at once, by having him just “getting” the breathing and also starting on a new medication at the same time, so we’ll wait and see what he can do with breathing/relaxation/posture alone, and then decide whether it is worth trying the meds.
