Since Gillian was roughly 3 years old, her mother noticed she had developed a slight cough, itchy nose and sneezing after actively playing outdoors or even after a family outing to Disneyland. Over time, her symptoms progressed into a harsh sounding cough as well as vomiting within a few hours of being put down for her night's rest. These symptoms persisted and developed into pneumonia at age 3 1/2. But antibiotics did not get rid of her coughing, sneezing, and itchy nose. Physical activities brought on wheezing and difficulty breathing. Our pediatrician recommended seeing an allergy and asthma specialist, so we brought Gillian in to see Dr. Joyce Schoettler at South Bay Allergy and Asthma Associates and the rest is history.
After Gillian's first couple of visits, Dr. Schoettler was able to diagnose her various allergies and recommend a course of treatment. Since that time, Gillian has done very well in controlling her allergic and asthmatic symptoms, and remains very active in church choir singing, swimming, ballet & tap dancing, gymnastics and various outdoor activities. She turns 5 years old in September, and is looking forward to continuing all of her activities as well as having a very active year in Kindergarten.________
Do you have an inspiring success story to share? We at South Bay Allergy and Asthma are so honored to be able to help unleash such great potential that is just waiting to flourish once allergies and asthma are out of the way. Thank you for your story, Gillian -- we hope it will inspire others to address their allergies and asthma and be able to do what they love!
