The Phone Call That Changed My Life

I was diagnosed with severe eosinophilic asthma in 2008. You basically go from living your life and doing anything and everything you wanted to nothing in a matter of two short months. It wasn’t easy and so many times I didn’t think it would be possible to have a normal life ever again. Then you’re thrust into hospital visits and stays and the constant revolving doctor's appointments and treatments. The increasing costs of the medications. It was really overwhelming.

I had doctors look at me and unable to find any medications that would even help to get me any kind of relief. I was having a severe attack literally every hour. My mom was the one to step in and say ok enough she needs answers. She called National Jewish Health Hospital in Denver, Colorado and that very phone call changed everything completely.

That hospital is amazing and they changed my life. I went from feeling hopeless that nothing was going to change in my disease to basically getting my life back. My doctors worked with all the recommendations that National Jewish recommended. I started Xolair injections in 2011 and it worked amazingly well. 2020 brought in new recommendations with medications to a more ideal solution to going into the hospital every two weeks to get injections to now I have injections of Fasenra being delivered to my home and I administer them. I don’t take my life for granted anymore and for that, I’m forever grateful.