Kids traveling with asthma

[wandiu]

My son has asthma, ans he is not very stable right now, he has some difficult time to breath, lat night I started treating him and during the night and this mornig, my concern is that he is traveling with his father in 2 days to France and this is a 11hr flight, my son sometimes seems okay ans all of the sudden his asthma gets worse.
please advise me in what to do.

[allmymarbles]

My traveling life has become so much easier since I bought a small portable nebulizer. It is an Omron MicroAir Nebulizer and costs $200, or a little less. It is very small and fits in the cell phone slot in my purse (although it is slightly larger). Also it is completely silent. It operates on batteries. I use lithiums because they last for weeks. The good thing about the nebulizer, as compared to metered doze inhalers, is that you can use as little as you need,

[Paramore3]

I would tell your husband what is going on and i would probably go to the doctor and get checked out

[caregiver222]

I might add the folowing, based on the comment your son "is not very stable".

Is the trip to France really necessary? Only you can answer that.

Asthma is a life-threatening condition. People actually die from this diagnosis.

I would be very hesitant about moving this child from an environment where is is under 24/7 surveillance by a watchful mom who knows about what to do and when to do it and where there is generally a six to eight minute wait for a paramedic ambulance in many communities to "somewhere in France"..

[caregiver222]

Consult with your physician about the adviseability of putting your son on a short duration or oral prednisone. Your husband should, of course carry extra albuterol sulfate and a prescriotion. You might also consult your physician about prescribing  Foradil.