Surviving 10 minutes of hell

Are you like us who struggle when using a nebulizer with a sick child? My son's been sick for the past days - a bad cold plus weeks of coughing. His pediatrician heard some wheezing during his lung checkup and my kid is now being monitored for asthma. Hayy... i hope everything clears up.

Anyway, his doctor prescribed medicine that should be given through a nebulizer at home. The nebulizer turns medicine, especially those for asthma, into mist so it goes easier into the lungs. The solution for his age and weight totals to 2 ml (1ml salbutamol diluted in 1 ml saline solution). This takes about 10 to 15 minutes to consume on the nebulizer. That means he has to hold still for that period. And it's been hell for all of us. He would cry during the entire period. Husband and i get into each other's nerves as we try to restrain the crying child. It was a total nightmare, considering that we had to nebulize every four hours.