CROUP/parainfluenza virus LINK to apraxia?

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Hi everyone

My 3.5 year old son has verbal apraxia. We just started with a DAN Dr a few

months back and test results show my son is, in her words, " quite viral " . This

week he got his fourth case of croup (in about a year and half). Apart from the

repeated cases of croup he has been a pretty healthy kid (only one ear

infection, one case of flu (very short durations) and a few colds since he was

born - he got over everything with supplements and didn't need any antibiotics).

I started to wonder about his repeated croup episodes. A google search and

search of apraxia groups came up with many apraxic kids who have had

repeated cases of croup. Does anyone know of a possible connection between

croup, the parainfluenza virus that causes most cases of croup, AND apraxia? I

know one idea I've heard is a the lack of oxygen during croup episodes leading

to developmental delays, but we were already aware of my son's speech disorder

BEFORE his first croup episode.

Any and all information would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Roz