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NJ Girl Showed No Warning Signs Before Asthma Claimed Her Life, Says Mom Now Raising Awareness NJ Girl Showed No Warning Signs Before Asthma Claimed Her Life, Says Mom Now Raising Awareness
NJ Girl Showed No Warning Signs Before Asthma Claimed Her Life, Says Mom Now Raising Awareness Syhriah Julien woke up doing cartwheels and went to bed doing flips.  The 9-year-old Newark girl loved gymnastics and never let her asthma stop her from doing anything she wanted, her mom, Niyah Julien, said. Syhriah always had her medication nearby in case things got bad, and if it did, there would be warning signs.  Not this time. In the days leading up to Syhriah's death on March 3, she was her usual, cheerful self. It wasn't until she woke up complaining of chest pain at 3 a.m. that things took a turn for the worse. Her mom put on her nebulizer but, within seconds, they knew it wasn’…

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by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine