The Medicine Fight

January's round of illness led to Taylor's asthma acting up. It was so bad that the normal breathing treatments weren't helping and we had to go get a prescription steriod (I think it's a steriod, but not the body builder type) to help her lungs strengthen and recover. Normally, she has to take 2 tsp (which is A LOT for a kid) of this stuff and it's pretty nasty tasting, but I know how to get her to take the medicine.



I just pin her and use a medicine syringe to get the meds down her. The hold is so effective that she rarely fights me any more because she knows I'll win (which says a lot because Taylor is a fighter!!!). Well I noticed on the prescription it said pills. The pharmicist told me it's a quick dissolving pill that tastes good. I thought this would be a nice change. No more pinning to take her meds. Boy was I wrong.



The pill does not dissolve quickly enough and apparently is not as tasty as the pharmicist said. The bad thing is it's a lot easier to push a pill out of your mouth, so the fights to get the meds down were a lot bigger this time around. I think next time I'll take the nasty liquid medicine over the pills.