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Hello all, my name is Amber, I am momma to Noah, Gracie, Emma and

Caleb. The first three have asthma to some degree. Emma only in

reaction to allergens such as hay. Gracie, we just recently adopted

and are just getting started on this path. She has many congenital

anomalies, including a major heart defect. Noah, is who brought me

here. He is 7 yr soon to be 8, he is extremely active and has always

been our smallest child. Although he had the largest birth wt. soon

after he seemed to thin out an stay that way. He was diagnosed with

asthma at the age of 4, starting with an Albuterol inhaler, which

brought no relief. Over the last couple of years we feel like we have

lived at the Pediatricians office. They switched him to a daily

inhaler, Flovent and Xopenex Q 4 PRN. In the past year he had

bacterial pneumonia twice and after the second bout we were referred

to a ped pulm. He was sweat tested for Cystic Fibrosis, results were

border line. He was DNA tested almost 3 weeks ago and the results are

not yet in. He was also allergy tested and we have made changes in

our home to accomodate those. He has been put on quite a few meds. :

Symbicort, Singulair, Clarinex, Prevacid, and Xopenex. He also has an

emergency inhaler, which does not offer much relief. I'm a bit

concerned. Even after starting these meds he is having " flare ups "

monthly. Is it typical to take some time to get the right " cocktail "

of meds to make a difference. He also has nasal polyps, any of your

thoughts would be much appreciated. Thanks! amber