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<\/p>\nMum Elaine Cunningham lost her 19-year-old daughter Lauren to a fatal asthma attack in 2020.<\/p>\n
Elaine Cunningham suffered a health scare(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n
A campaigning mum who lost her daughter to a fatal asthma attack believed she would die the same way during a life-threatening<\/a> incident.<\/p>\n Elaine Cunningham, 51, was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow<\/a> after becoming seriously unwell with breathing difficulties and dangerously low oxygen levels.<\/p>\n The mum-of-two, whose daughter Lauren Reid died aged just 19 in February 2020, said memories of her beloved girl flooded back as she struggled to breathe while waiting for an ambulance.<\/a><\/p>\n Lauren\u2019s final words to her mum were \u201cMum, I\u2019m panicking,\u201d before she suffered a fatal <\/a>asthma attack while working at Glasgow restaurant Gin71.<\/p>\n Elaine told the Record she feared history was repeating itself as she gasped for breath during the frightening incident on Monday, October 12.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cI got a chest infection after going in a hot tub on a girls’ trip to Dumfries around a month ago. I got antibiotics and moved in with my mum shortly after to look after her.<\/p>\n “My chest infection wouldn’t lift even with a second prescription of antibiotics.<\/p>\n Elaine Cunningham with daughter Lauren Reid(Image: supplied)<\/p>\n “By the following week I was struggling to breathe and multi-dosing with my inhaler. My mum was asking me what was wrong but I realised I couldn’t speak.”<\/p>\n Elaine\u2019s own mum dialled for an ambulance as her condition deteriorated<\/a>.<\/p>\n She told the Record she knew how her daughter felt in her final moments.<\/p>\n “Lauren was stuck in my brain during the whole episode,” she said.<\/p>\n “Her final three words, \u201cMum, I\u2019m panicking,\u201d were replaying in my mind. I thought I was going to go a similar way.<\/p>\n “I now know how Lauren felt as she passed as I lay there trying to breathe and staring up at the white light above.<\/p>\n “I was panicking going into the ambulance but I couldn\u2019t allow myself to die in front of my mum.<\/p>\n “I told the paramedics, \u2018My wain died, the same better not happen to me.”<\/p>\n Medics told Elaine her condition was life-threatening after checking her vitals.<\/p>\n Elaine has been campaigning to get inhalers added to first aid kits(Image: Victoria Stewart\/Daily Record)<\/p>\n Her oxygen saturation level was 89 per cent, meaning her organs<\/a> may not have been receiving enough oxygen to function. Her breathing rate was also at an abnormal 36 breaths per minute.<\/p>\n She was kept on intravenous antibiotics and magnesium sulphate to help her breathing before her condition improved and she was later discharged.<\/p>\n Since Lauren\u2019s death<\/a>, Elaine has campaigned tirelessly for Lauren\u2019s Law, to introduce salbutamol inhalers into workplace first-aid kits.<\/p>\n Lauren was a massive Rangers fan(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n She urged anyone suffering from breathing problems<\/a> not to delay seeking treatment as it could lead to devastating consequences.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cI have to speak out to stress to people to get checked out if they have a shortage of breath because it can be fatal. We need to raise awareness in Lauren\u2019s name and hopefully that can save a life.”<\/p>\n Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community!<\/p>\n Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.<\/p>\n You’ll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland.<\/p>\n No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team.<\/p>\n All you have to do is click here<\/a>, select ‘Join Community’ and you’re in!<\/p>\n We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don\u2019t like our community, you can check out any time you like.<\/p>\n To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose ‘exit group’.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Elaine](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1_JS231779266.jpg\")
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