My son has asthma. I live in a state of constant anxiety every wildfire season

Growing up in the 1990s, Megan Paxman never worried about air quality or dangerous heat. Her summers changed forever when she rushed her four-year-old asthmatic son to the hospital in severe respiratory distress.

My son has asthma. I live in a state of constant anxiety every wildfire season
Two parents sit on a carpet while holding three children, one wearing a graduation cap.

Growing up in the 1990s, Megan Paxman never worried about air quality or dangerous heat. Her summers changed forever when she rushed her four-year-old asthmatic son to the hospital in severe respiratory distress.