Personal experience with flying with little ones is to be more concerned with what is in their pockets than the meds. As long as I carried a copy of all the scripts, no issues.
However, just a few months after 911 we were all flying to Orlando and wouldn't you know it, they selected my son with CF to screen, he was only like 6. It was like a reinactment of a scene from Dennis the Meanace. I was literally waiting for him to pull a frog and the kitchen sink out of his pockets, no kidding! We were so concerned with the nebulizer, vest, CF meds, and such, that it never occurred to me, my husband, or my mother to check all the kids and their pockets and he had a game boy, games for it, change, a rock, ear plugs, key chains, cars, and I don't remember what all else he had and they would not let me touch him or the stuff. I wassn't sure whether I should be trying to explain, crying, or laughing, its funny now but it wasn't when it was happening. I was also really frustrated that they picked a child and then wouldn't allow a parent to help take his shoes off and hold the stuff from his pockets for him or touch him while they were doing their search.
Just a note to remind you not to forget to check your kids pockets, they are more likely to cause an issue than the meds. With the exception of the nebulizer which seems to trip them up for some reason. After his diagnosis with CFRD I thought the syringes and insulin was going to be an issue and was wrong again, it was the nebulizer that tripped them up when we went to Mexico.
Tips, take scripts for everything CF related, carry all meds in your carry on, and check everyones pockets before leaving for the airport and you should be just fine.
We have flown several times as has my friend and neither of us have ever had a problem taking the vest as either a check on or carry on. As long as you have a script from your doctor stating it is medically necessary, you shouldn't have a problem, or at least we never have. The nebulizer seems to be more of an issue because of something with pressures with it and the airplane, but as long as we had a script, they have let us take it with us on the plane.
However, just a few months after 911 we were all flying to Orlando and wouldn't you know it, they selected my son with CF to screen, he was only like 6. It was like a reinactment of a scene from Dennis the Meanace. I was literally waiting for him to pull a frog and the kitchen sink out of his pockets, no kidding! We were so concerned with the nebulizer, vest, CF meds, and such, that it never occurred to me, my husband, or my mother to check all the kids and their pockets and he had a game boy, games for it, change, a rock, ear plugs, key chains, cars, and I don't remember what all else he had and they would not let me touch him or the stuff. I wassn't sure whether I should be trying to explain, crying, or laughing, its funny now but it wasn't when it was happening. I was also really frustrated that they picked a child and then wouldn't allow a parent to help take his shoes off and hold the stuff from his pockets for him or touch him while they were doing their search.
Just a note to remind you not to forget to check your kids pockets, they are more likely to cause an issue than the meds. With the exception of the nebulizer which seems to trip them up for some reason. After his diagnosis with CFRD I thought the syringes and insulin was going to be an issue and was wrong again, it was the nebulizer that tripped them up when we went to Mexico.
Tips, take scripts for everything CF related, carry all meds in your carry on, and check everyones pockets before leaving for the airport and you should be just fine.
We have flown several times as has my friend and neither of us have ever had a problem taking the vest as either a check on or carry on. As long as you have a script from your doctor stating it is medically necessary, you shouldn't have a problem, or at least we never have. The nebulizer seems to be more of an issue because of something with pressures with it and the airplane, but as long as we had a script, they have let us take it with us on the plane.