 If you were stranded on a desert island without food, you d only last a few weeks. Without water, you d only last a few days. But how long would you last without air? After just a few seconds you d be scared. Kids with asthma live with that fear EVERY DAY. During an attack, every breath they take feels like inhaling through a pillow ... and they never know when the next one will come. That fear affects the everyday life of an asthmatic child at every turn, and in every way you can imagine. But doctors say it doesn t have to. With careful study, treatment, and management, even the most severe cases of asthma CAN be brought under control. It s the news that hundreds of thousands of parents have been waiting to hear.