Portland Teen Tackling Nearly Fatal Asthma Attack

PORTLAND, Tenn.- The community is helping a teen tackle an asthma attack that nearly took her life. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 26 million Americans suffer from asthma. More than 7 million are under the age of 18, like Ashley Beasley. The Portland High School sophomore suffered complications with an asthma attack and rhinovirus six weeks ago. More than a hundred people are at Richland Park on this bright, Sunday helping the teen get though one of her darkest times. Jacki Beasley, Ashleys mother says, "On August 29th she called me from a friends house and said she was having an asthma attack, They called an ambulance because she had passed out." Jacki Beasley says emergency crews flew her daughter to Centennial Childrens Hospital in Nashville. She had a brain injury due to losing oxygen for more than 10 minutes. Doctors put the 16-year-old in a medically induced coma for a week. Beasley says, Rhinovirus is really fast acting, you're deprived of oxygen that asthma triggersit's definitely a struggle." Not only for Ashley, but also her brother who suffers from the disease also. Each day 9 Americans die from asthma. There are more than 3,600 deaths due to asthma each year, many of which are avoidable with proper treatment and care (Asthma Allergy Foundation of America). Beasley says Ashley is improving, We can see something different about every day. She blinks and squeezes. Sarah Brown says, "She's always been a fighter and we have faith that she is going to keep getting stronger . Ashley is just a wonderful person, so I wanted to do something ." Sarah Brown is a family friend and organizer of today's fundraiser/walk. Brown says, Supporting her will make her stronger and the family stronger. I want her to graduate and do the things she loves. Beasley says, "The community support has been amazing. I never dreamed that my family or she would mean so much to this town that we have." Ashley Beasley is expected to be released from the hospital by Tuesday. Her family says she will do a combination of physical, occupational, and speech therapy. To help the teen in her recoery, visit : https://www.gofundme.com/uj33pa9k

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