When I was growing up, things were often quite frightening.
I had two older siblings and they were vicious bullies.
However, one of them also suffered from fairly serious asthma. I can remember numerous long nights when the whole family was suddenly awake because my sibling was in the dining room struggling to get a breath of air. My family would hook him up to her electric nebulizer machine, which was supposed to open her airways and allow medicine into her lungs, generally, I remember this equipment making a huge racket while she continued to arrive on the floor gasping for air. It was dramatic and spine-chilling for everybody. The strangest part was, my sibling had always been absolutely fit and physically capable. She ran around with no complication on the field, mastering every activity and being a critical part of every team she joined. However, late at night in our household she routinely suffered from vicious asthma attacks. It was a major mystery and it caused our healthcare workers numerous headaches, as well. Many years down the line, we realized that her asthma was really triggered by something inside the house. Dirty air ducts. A close buddy of ours finally suggested that we have a professional Heating and Air Conditioning company come clean out the air ducts, at which point a mass of dirt, dander, an animal droppings was discovered. Obviously, this was the cause of her continued respiratory distress. From the day that our air ducts were professionally cleaned out, my sibling never had a serious asthma attack again. My friend and I all slept more soundly.