anyone been on a ventilator from having an asthma attack?

i had a hard scare at 37.

no advair
breathing treatments one after another,
couldn't catch my breath and the RT's told me that i messed up my O2 levels.
and doesn't help trying to clean house with pine sol and no venting

this happened June of 2001

now this year, i feel like my throat keeps closing up, not sure if that is
an allergy or am i having another horrid asthma attack. i live 20 miles from
the nearest ER and even i am shocked my prednisone is not working, am
tapering down to one a day for the next 3 days but still short of breath. i
thought it was the humidity but at the time i checked there wasn't much. now
it is back at 95%.

please pray that i don't end up back in the hospital. i don't want my kids
in there either this year, way too young for this, but being on a ventilator
scared the crap out of me and i don't wish that on anyone. i was on it for
like 3 hours and took them another 2 to take it out.

anyways, that is my vent for this evening.
i will be hoping i don't have to go to ER in the morning.
Melissa/WI