In Reply to: asthma & toddler posted by kelli on Sunday, 1. June 2008 at 08:55 Bali Time:
Dont know if you use predmix at all but i had an 18 month old last trip to bali who suffers croup. On the 3 night he started coughing/barking probably due to the humidity and air conditioner changes.. We took him to the BIMC where all i wanted was predmix as i know this fixes him but they were very aprehensive to give me anything and wanted me to bring him in when he gets worse. In the end they agreed to give me prednisolone tablets as they dont have predmix there. I think it worked out he needed 10 tablets to make a dose of 5mg each day. After i gave him the first dose i happened to be talking to an aussie lady who was leaving that night.
As it happens her daughter has asthma and she took medications over there and had an unopened bottle of predmix which i bought of her.
The moral of my story is take all your meds with you as they may not exist in Bali. We had an unopened bottle of predmix sitting in my fridge at home and forgot to take it.
We visited BIMC later in our trip with the little one and they were very thorough and i would recommend visiting there if needed at all during the trip.
Dont forget travel insurance as we would have had a $2500 bill to foot if we didnt have insurance.
Have a great holiday its the best place to take kids.