She had a cough and a sore throat. It was very taxing for her to pull these children up and tumble them.”She called me all of a sudden and said she can’t catch her breath.
“She kept repeating, “I can’t breathe,” which was the worst thing, and I couldn’t understand her.” The mother continued by attributing Brianne’s survival to the sport.
“Cheer saved her life because the exertion that you put out during cheer practice on top of being sick, she couldn’t breathe,” Christie said.
According to the mother, “the doctor came in and said, we need to have a very serious conversation,” recalling their hospital run.
“When she told me that popcorn lungs are permanent and causing deaths in youngsters, I wasn’t prepared. […] Whether there will be long-term impacts is yet unknown.
Doctors at St. Rose Dominican Hospital gave Brianne an inhaler to help her breathe after she smoked a $25 vape every month for three years.
