Hello! I'm new here and today has been a stressful day so hoping someone can reassure me!
Background: my 4 year old daughter had her tonsils and adenoids removed in August. It was a very very traumatic putting under and is now petrified of anything medical and especially masks (flash back to trying to put her under).
We are currently trialling an inhaler starting today. We did try last year but due to adenoids issues, it wasn't a fair trial. Due to ongoing cough, trying again.
Last year she used the aerochamber flow vu with mask perfectly. Now due to op that is completely out the window. To say she had a meltdown is an understatement.
We managed to have a bit more success with the peadatric volumatic spacer. However we had another issue of actually spraying the inhaler as she said she could taste it.
Now the only way I could get her to do breaths was to distract her, and while she wasn't looking spray the inhaler into the spacer and then immediately put it in her mouth. And she did breaths. So the inhaler stayed in, she just didn't think I'd pressed it.
My concern is that by not putting her mouth on the mouth piece first, me spraying then quickly putting it in her mouth, means she loses most of the spray??
Or is something better than nothing.
I am at my wits end today and need some hopeful reassurance!
Thanks!