If only...

As always, my life last night and today interferred with my life. By this I mean my son got sick last night with one of his attacks. He gets these attacks occassionally, always in the wee hours, where his throat closes and he can barely breathe. We've made trips to ER with these while my son slowly turns blue. Last nights was not so bad, but didn't occur until around 4 am, meaning he was still dealing with Stridor (the term for it) this morning, so no daycare for him. Not because he's "ill", but rather that if he starts to run, he'll have another attack. While Mom and Daddy know what to do for him and how to calm him, others do not. At 4 am, my mental capacity is pretty low, so as my hubby held my kiddo on his bedroom floor and I raced around geting a humidifier and his nebulizer (just increases oxygen to him with each breath, doesn't stop the attack) and eventually sat down in front of him to help calm him, I kept thinking, Gee, if he was an avatar, we could just blow up his throat and this wouldn't be a problem!
While this thought is new, I've had similar ones with him as he was growing. Jonathan was early and did not have jaw or muscle development needed to suckle. We spent hours in occupational therapy helping to stregnthen and coordinate those muscles. He finally learned to take a bottle. Then we started solids, and it was all back to square one. Now we had to help him learn to chew and swallow. He mastered apple/pear sauce, and then we moved onto potatoes, and again, back to square one. Let me tell ya, most children eat chicken nuggets by a year, it was 18 months for my little guy. And the entire time, I kept thinking, if only you could somehow put your hands on his jaws and make them function properly. As a new mother, it was awful to spend 3 hours coaxing a few ounces of milk into him, then to have to get more milk outta me for another hour, then do it all over again. Is it no wonder I wanted a magical solution? At this point, we aren't sure if the attacks are related to the original problems or not, but it seems likely.
I began to wonder about those that have health problems and are challenged physically. Do they get a sense of freedom with walking/flying? I take it for granted that my avatar can walk and travel. She doesn't get tired, she doesn't get out of breath, and she has no problems, healthwise to worry about. Her kneecaps don't dislocate when she tries to hold up her motorcycle (Man I miss my bike!) The conversation about the mainstream vs. "gamers" seemed to connect to this. Is that draw? You can create a perfect person who can ultimately do anything.
Just a thought. Thanks for reading my rambling to this point.