A mother recalls a challenging discussion she had with a physician after her adolescent daughter’s “popcorn lung” illness.
Brianne Cullen, Christie Martin’s daughter, called her in out of the blue, saying she was having trouble breathing. Christie was horrified and hurried the 17-year-old to a local emergency room,
Where she received oxygen, X-rays, and medicines before being diagnosed with bronchiolitis obliterans, sometimes referred to as “popcorn lung.”
This rare kind of lung illness is brought on by an accumulation of scar tissue in the lungs that obstructs airflow. Christie had no idea that at the age of 14, Brianne had begun vaping covertly.
Christie, from Henderson, Nevada, in the United States, recalled the day her daughter became ill: “[Brianne] went to cheer unwell,
