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Hi Pat,

here. could be refluxing or he could have poorly

controlled (??undiagnosed) asthma. Reflux often presents in unobvious

ways in kids and gets missed for this reason. Many think they always

have to be spitting up and miserable. This is a fallacy. An

unexplainable chronic cough, wheezing, stridor, hoarseness or a

disinterest in food can all mean reflux. Having said that, asthma is

very often misdiagnosed too. It's not necessarily just wheezing or

difficulty breathing. Sometimes it can be only a cough.

Looking forward to meeting you in a few days.

> Hey Jodi!

>

> Dr H is concerned about the same things with right now. He

has been

> suffering from a chronic cough for over 3 months now, and nothing

we do

> seems to be helping all that much.

>

> I am currently doing nebs of Zopenex every 4 hours, as well as his

normal

> Pulmicort in the morning and evening, as instructed by his

Pulmonologist. If

> things go like they have been, we will be able to wean him down to 4

> treatments a day, and then only at morning and night with his

Pulmicort, and

> then we'll be able to stop for a couple of days. Unfortunately,

that is all

> we get!! A couple of days!!! And then he ends up sounding wet

again, and

> then the wheezing starts, and we're back to the beginning.

>

> We have tried changing his reflux meds from 7.5mg of Prevacid twice

a day,

> to 15mg of Prevacid in the morning and 3.9cc of Zantac at night.

Since his

> wheezing occurs mostly in the mornings, we have recently switched

the

> Prevacid to the night, and the Zantac to the morning. But it just

doesn't

> seem to be working.

>

> Any other ideas anyone???

>

> Talk to you soon!

> Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 30 months, 21.4#, 30.6 " , G-Tube)