I knew someone similarly in my youth, when he was between 10 and 13 years old. He would walk around with a gas nebulizer that would give him the necessary meds

I knew someone similarly in my youth, when he was between 10 and 13 years old. He would walk around with a gas nebulizer that would give him the necessary meds intravenously, and get the stint in properly I was told by him and his mother was an experience filled with pain, screaming, and terror. Even with a friend who mostly able to live a normal life, the pain difficulty of the disease and treatment literally scared me for years after.