How To Treat An Asthma Patient Who Coughs Green Sputum, And Light Blood?

My 54 yr old brother has hx of asthma, allergies, smoked but hasn't for 12 yrs, and has a flare up of coughing with green sputum and pink but bloody in the morning. He is not telling me this, but I check his tissue when he goes to the bathroom. I am a nursing student and am concerned. His shortness of breath has increased and he has an appointment tomorrow with dr. I borrowed a nebulizer machine so he could do treatments with his own medication (albuterol) which he quit doing and sent machine back when his wife died of cancer in Aug. He had 2 control inhalers but had to ay out of pocket for those so he quit taking them. He finally called to get an inhaler this last week because he couldn't hardly talk to his clients (small business owner) and dr OOT on vaca but was ok'd 1 inhaler. How many of these treatments can he take per day to keep his airway open. No fever, no aches or pain, jus what I have said above. He is the silent type. Thank you and sorry for the long dissertation.