Well, the week leading up to the State Meet has been a horrible week for Marissa. She's been suffering with Asthmatic Bronchitis and hasn't been able to shake it. The timing is the issue. If it had come sooner, she'd be better by now, but it came right at the worst time. She's been on 6 - SIX - medicines (prednizone, z-pack, albuteral, singular, claritin, and sudafed) but they all take time and consistent timing to take effect.
Marissa missed three days of practice and then went back Monday - Wednesday this week but they were all slow days, and tapering. She hadn't run at full force since the regional meet where this was brought on.
Her race isn't until 8:10 at night. I really hadn't seen Marissa before the race until she was in the middle of the track for "line ups." I gave her a thumbs-up, but she did't look to positive. She smiled back, so I couldn't tell if she was okay or not. I brought her nebulizer just in case ... I'm so worried.
They line the girls up and off they go. Marissa is keeping a great pace with the other runners, she and Avery are very close together around 4th or 5th place, but then Marissa starts to fall back. I keep cheering her on, but she looks like she's struggling - that's to be expected since she has had such a hard time. No one else knew except her, but she was suffering an asthma attack in silence and didn't know what to do.
Right there between the 3rd and 4th lap her throat starts to close up. With each lap it gets tighter and tighter, making it harder and harder to breath. She finishes the race, but then grabs her throat. That's when I know something is really wrong. Oh my gosh!!!!
I race out of the stands to her. She's so weak, she can bearly stand and she has no voice. She keeps saying she needs her inhaler. Coach Grimm had already taken off running for her inhaler while I walk with her. Then Coach Sykora comes running back with it. Marissa takes two puffs but there is no respite. UGH!!! She can't really take any more. She takes some sips of water and the medicine starts to take effect. We walk her over to the medic tent for them to check her vitals and administer to her.
OH MY GOSH!!!! That was the biggest scare - she couldn't breath. She couldn't breath.
She ran a 2 mile race in 12:34 while having an asthma attack.
Well - the girls went on to finish the last race - the 4x400 and did great - we took 1st place.
As a whole our team was named AA state Champions!!!! They are the first girl team from NOHS to claim a state championship!
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