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I was woken up at 3.30am by the Daughter to tell me her big bro was having an ashma attack (he only ever gets short of breah if he gets a chest infection all the other times he is fine so only has an inhaler for emergancys) So i get dressed go see him, and yep a full on attack I start to ransack his room looking for the blue inhaler in between gasps he tell me it ran out moths ago Our Docs dont do night call outs Soooooooooooo its a 999 call or is it the Hospital is only 7 miles from our house and the ambulances cover two hospitals so you can wait a wee while for one to arrive at 4am the roads are empty now this is the bit where my brain shut down i grabbed him and of we go i ran two red lights total time to get to A&E about 9 mins Just as i pull him out of the car two bobbys are coming out of the doors (by now he is looking a bit blue round the gills) one of em comes to help me take him in, once in the staff were brill he is in resuss before i can blink i give all his deatails at reseption Turn around and get arrested for drink driving yep i forgot all about the cans from last night long story short i was just over the limit I was 1.4 mill over the BAl SO USE YA BRAIN GUYS A very stupid Steve Sxx Oh the boy is out of danger and on a ward, and if they can get his tem under control he can come home.

Steve hun you are not stupid you were worrid about your son, and simply forgot. Glad you got him there and he is being looked after. Jax xxxxxxx

But you did what you had to do and i reckon those police were a bit too zealous. if it comes to court i would plead extenuating circumstances. i bet you would get let off. Shirley

Steve hun Don't beat yourself up over it - I realise the potential consequences - but your main concern was your boy's wellbeing. A xXx

Thanks Guys Just goes to show tho call 999 dont even think if you have had a drink the night before

Steve I do not think you are stupid - you are a good dad looking after your son and under the circumstances get yourself a good solicitor and I am sure you will not loose your licence. The police do not get a brownie point off me! Glad your son is ok and hope he will be home very soon. Take care Love Mary xxx

Steve love you reacted on instinct i think we would have all done the same, so glad your lad is stable, I am on a course with a lady whose 10 year old girl died of an asthma attack a year ago tommorow, your lads safety was paramount Hugs Caz xxx

Steve, I would not have thought either and just rushed off to the hospital....but thanks for pointing this out to us as we could all be in this position some time, although sorry you had to suffer the consquences..... Do you think that the circumstances will help at all considering you were rushing to a hospital, or will they not take that into consideration? I am very glad that your son is ok and that is the main thing hey... Salxx

Steve Hun As Ann has said dont beat yourself up over it....I would of done the same if was my son.. Do hope son is ok, very soon..(((((((((((((hugs))))))))))

Aww Steve what a situation to be in - even if l had remembered the cans l'm sure l would havedone the same thing - your son was ill and his life possibly in danger - those cops need to have a re-think and you should apeal. Take care. So pleased your son is doing well:o))))) Just think you may have to wait ages for an ambulance. jude sarf wales :o) x

Ta Girls Im gonna phone the ward at 12 and see how he is ya know he has only ever had 3 attacks in 17yrs and all ended up in hospital sheesh. then i need to have a word with me legal person Sxx

NO Steve you are NOT stupid--you did what anyone would have done under the circustances. I hope you son is better today. Take care C xxx

Pleased that he is out of danger. Don't you think that, even if you had remembered the cans your first thought would have been to get him to hospital. Very unfortunate that the police should have been there and, after they caught your breath I suppose they had to breathalize you. Let's hope that the court will accept extenuating circumstances. Good luck, and in answer to your heading, no you are not stupid. Ann Glos

Steve hope everything works out hun. and I know ya don't do hugs but tough your getting one Jax xxx

I'm just glad it was 4am and not a bit earlier could of been a lot worse then mind an hour later and i would of passed i think Sxx

Your not stupid Steve ---just what all of us would do ---Son first---glad he's ok. What a shame about the coppers being there tho!!!!

Sort of similar happened to me Steve, but even so i lost my licence. Your not stupid, there for the grace of god. Good luck.

Thanks Donna Yeh do the crime pay the fine, thats ok with me i dont mind what happens but i'm gonna kill the sod when he gets home for not telling me his inhaler had run out months ago Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Sxx

Steve....i would never call you stupid..you did what every parent would do in an energency situation....your priority at that time was your son..and every concerned parent would of done the same thing as you did..without thinking how many cans they had the night before...glad to see you got your son to the hospital safely and he's doing well. But the most inportant thing you need to be thinking about now is..your son..you say that he's never had a bad asthma attack like this one before..then you need to be discussing with the doctor the best inhalors to take to prevent this from ever occuring again...obviosly your son is showing signes that his asthma is getting worse..so prevention is better than cure...monitering your son's progress is most inportant also..their are lots of preventative inhalers that really do help...believe me steve my daughter grew up being a chronic asthmatic spent most of her childhood in and out of hospitals...not very nice for a parent to experience...when your child as difficulty in breathing...and by the way steve i think you did the right thing...even thow you may of broken the law in doing so. Hope your son makes a full recovery..and comes home soon. Take care all......Gwyn xx