Defensive MVP of the Game

I keep reminding myself that no one said it would be easy being a soccer mom.

We've been struggling this year to get Brianna's exercise induced asthma under control. She was just diagnosed with it last year. Last year, the abuterol helped. This year it doesn't at all. It is breaking my heart to see a kid that loves soccer struggling for breath. I don't have asthma. No one in our families has asthma. None of our friends's kids have asthma. A couple girls on the team have asthma, but albuterol works for them.

So we were in uncharted territory. 3 appointments at the U Medical Center. It is confirmed that she indeed has a mild case of exercise induced asthma. Mild? Doesn't seem mild when the child is gasping for breath and has bloody noses. We are trying Flovent in the morning.

It is torture to watch her have such a hard time with this. This kid has always loved soccer. Up until 3 years ago....she would have this humougous grin on her face whenever she got out on the field to play. She even played rec this year just for the love of the game.

So tonight was good. [WARNING: Bragging Mom alert] Brianna played awesome tonight. She didn't let anyone get past her. On them like glue. The game winning goal was scored on her shift. She blocked the opposing them and sent it up to the offensive player to score.

But that wasn't the most impressive thing. The ball was either kicked or thrown in over her head and she had to run to get ball away from a player on the other team. She got it and they are still running toward our goal end. The player pushed her. All the parents gasped. The ref didn't call it. The player pushed her again. The parents gasped again. The ref didn't call it. Brianna turns the ball back toward the other end, dribbles past the pushy girl, and kicks it up in front of the other net. Totally awesome![80's much]

It was so great to see her do well tonight. I am really hoping that Flovent is the answer. She said she didn't need to use her albuterol inhaler tonight. That is great. It deserved the Venti Starbucks....her fav. So that's what she got. She deserved it!