My daughter, poor thing, has been battling it too, and she has asthma. Sounds like that wheezy dog that used to be in the Wacky Racers cartoon. It DOES take time to get back into it....I was out of commission for the most part for about 6 months - I could barely make it around the block a couple of times a day. Doing mucho better now, though, and just in time for the good weather.
Yessss!!!