James Hargreaves aged 11 years

Becotide, Pulmicort, Flixotide, Intal, Ventolin, Serevent, Prednisolone, Beconase, Flixonase, Seretide, Bricanyl, Triamcinolone. Tonsils removed, 2 days in Birmingham Children's Hospita, Nebulisor. 3 monthly Hospital visits. 11th June 2000.

Dear Margaret,

The above is a sad list of drugs and treatments that our son James had to endure, at some stage, from the age of 3 till the age of 11. The worry and sleepless nights for us paled into insignificance compared to the mood swings, the being unwell and also the sleepless nights that James had to put up with. Everything added up to a stressful 8 years.

There isn't much point in going into all the details of his asthma, because I am sure we









[continued]