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hi there am new to this sight,i was wondering if any body could help.my 7 year old son has bad asthma.they describe it as uncontrolable asthma.he had attended hospital over 60 times now.he has been admitted 11 times.on worse occasions he is on oxygen for a good few days and nebulisers.and on one occasion he had a crash team on standby at the hospital and he was give adrenelin.(very scarey time).

i put in for dla for him and i was refused it .they said that he was not sick enough.so i appealed against it and was still refused.my sons condition doesnt seem to been getting any better.he made his communion last sunday and we had a party.which involved liam running around with his friends for abit. which was followed by a sleepless night due to liam waking up 6 times unable to breathe. i had to take him to hospital the next day just for an oppointment with the asthma nurse.and only 47 %of his lungs was working.i am waiting to go to tribunal to fight for dla.is there anyone there who can help parents like myself.

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Hi

Welcome to the site! DLA has been discussed a few times before, I have bumped up a couple of the threads but if you type DLA into the search box you may get some more.

Hope this helps

Sarah

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