have you cleared the house of airborne chemicals? these also really stress the lungs in asthmatics. household cleaners, dryer sheets (evil!), febreeze, air "fresheners", anything perfumed or scented or toxic! if you wouldn't eat it, it shouldn't be in the air... especially for moppets under 10.
Some pharmacies will actually make the medicine taste really good, but that's always worry some.
I'm not sure there is an "easy" way. I don't even remember how we did it when they were little, but Rhiannon (my 14 year old) had asthma worse when she was 2 than now, and we had to give liquid albuterol.
If that's one, be prepared, it'll help his breathing, but he'll shake.
If it's something that can be taken with food, you can mix it with stuff. Try chocolate pudding, chocolate syrup, chocolate milk, applesauce, etc. Just keep the quantities small (~ tablespoon as opposed to a cupful) to make sure he gets all of it.
I hope the little guy feels better soon. If this is his first episode of wheezing, it's not necessarily indicative of asthma. It would probably be more generically called "reactive airways disease" until he's a little older and you get a better picture of whether it happens again, triggers etc.
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have you cleared the house of airborne chemicals? these also really stress the lungs in asthmatics. household cleaners, dryer sheets (evil!), febreeze, air "fresheners", anything perfumed or scented or toxic! if you wouldn't eat it, it shouldn't be in the air... especially for moppets under 10.
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Some pharmacies will actually make the medicine taste really good, but that's always worry some.
I'm not sure there is an "easy" way. I don't even remember how we did it when they were little, but Rhiannon (my 14 year old) had asthma worse when she was 2 than now, and we had to give liquid albuterol.
If that's one, be prepared, it'll help his breathing, but he'll shake.
:hugs: I'm glad he's home safe.
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I hope the little guy feels better soon. If this is his first episode of wheezing, it's not necessarily indicative of asthma. It would probably be more generically called "reactive airways disease" until he's a little older and you get a better picture of whether it happens again, triggers etc.
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