Packing asthma supplies for a trip.....just in case

Christmas is almost here and like many families, we will be traveling for the holidays. I have learned to be prepared......just in case.

I have learned to find:

• Where did I put my Out of State insurance card?
• Where is the nearest after hours clinic?
• Where is the nearest emergency room?

 

I have learned to pack EVERYTHING.....just in case. I pack:

 

• Maintenance medication (Dulera, Advair, etc.)
• Rescue inhaler (ProAir - Albuterol)
• Nebulizer
• Tubing kit
• Albuterol vials
• Oximiter  

 

If you are staying home for the holidays, it also helps to know:

• Phone number of the pediatrician
• How their after-hours works (we have a network of doctors who each take a night being the after-hours doctor. We call our regular pediatrician, and they have a phone recording to let us know which doctor is available after hours and where his office is located. We then call there to make an appointment.)
• 24 hour pharmacy (in our city there is one pharmacy that is ALWAYS open 24 hours a day. Find out which one is open in your city - it will save you stress down the road!)

Christmas is a wonderful day - but it doesn't mean medical problems stop that day. 

 

One year, we had to drive through our city of 100,000 trying to find a drugstore that was open on Christmas Day. (Son #2 had his tonsils out before Christmas and we ran out of liquid Advil and HAD to find a drugstore that was open so we could buy more.)

 

Kitty ended up in the hospital during New Year's Eve one year(stupid pneumonia!)

 

Illness doesn't take a holiday. Be prepared.....just in case. 

 

And Happy Christmas!