{"id":53367,"date":"2025-03-03T08:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T08:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=53367"},"modified":"2025-03-03T08:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T08:35:13","slug":"asthma-can-be-fat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=53367","title":{"rendered":"Asthma can be fat>>>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sandra Gibbons<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ryan suffered an asthma attack while playing soccer<\/a> in school and was unable to reach his rescue medication, which was locked in the school office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suffering boy needed his inhaler to open his airways and allow him to breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandra Gibbons<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After an investigation, it became clear that Ryan\u2019s school didn\u2019t allow him to keep his puffer with him, despite repeated efforts by his mother and a doctor\u2019s note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to his mother, Sandra Gibbons, Ryan would often bring an extra inhaler to school in order to bypass this rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandra Gibbons<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Asthma attacks aren\u2019t always predictable, and it is dangerous to keep the inhaler locked in a room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the school kept taking Ryan\u2019s extra inhaler away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan\u2019s mom said that the school called her on several occasions, asking her to pick up an inhaler that Ryan had brought to school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He wasn\u2019t allowed to bring it home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dYou would give him an inhaler but then he would get caught with the inhaler and then it would be taken away,\u201d Sandra Gibbons said, speaking to CBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandra Gibbons<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201dThen I\u2019d get a phone call. So it was actually very frustrating. I didn\u2019t understand why. I didn\u2019t realize that the policy actually stated that the prescribed medication needed to be in the office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, Ryan\u2019s tragic death was not in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Ryan\u2019s death, his mother has vowed to do whatever she could to prevent another family from going through what she went through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Lung Association \u2013 Ontario<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen Ryan passed away, it was like losing everything that I lived for,\u201d Gibbons told Allergic Living<\/a>. \u201cAfter burying my son, I knew that this was a preventable attack. To me, if people had appropriate training and knew what to look for when a child was in distress, he would be here today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandra\u2019s aimed to change the laws that keep asthmatic children from being able to carry their life-saving devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And soon her conscious struggle would generate results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Known as Ryan\u2019s Law, Bill 135 has now passed with all-party support in the legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandra Gibbons<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The law forces schools to allow children to have their inhalers in their pocket or backpack with a doctor\u2019s note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m definitely overwhelmed, very emotional, very happy it\u2019s going to be implemented,\u201d said Sandra Gibbons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Asthma Society also applauded the bill\u2019s passage, with president Dr. Rob Oliphant saying \u201cit is essential that children with asthma have ready access to potentially life-saving asthma medications while at school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, some kids are still being denied access to these lifesaving medications during the school day. Many schools ban inhalers through their blanket anti-drug policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though death rates have declined in the past decade, any asthma death is potentially preventable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ryan<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s pass this article on to remember Ryan and to inform others about\u00a0the risks of asthma patients not having close access to their inhaler.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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