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    working mom of a cf child

    Hi<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> I have a 2 yr old daughter, Kaelie with CF. I also work full time and she attends daycare. I'd love to talk to anyone on this forum who would like to chat (whether the Australian student or any of the moms!) I can be reached by...
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    I'm confused!

    Oh my gawd! They do that with my daughter ALL the time! Soemtimes they will treat her for what they think she has and then the culture swab test comes back, they realize oops! we've been treating her wrong...and that's when they give me the results! mMuch like you, sometimes I do not find out...
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    pets?

    Are you guys serious!? You have CF and furry animals!?!?! Wow!!!!!! And your CF team sais that it was safe? I was told by my daughter's CF team that she cannot have pets that have fur because of dander and apparenly it cause nose polyps ( I think this was the name) which apparenly are quite...
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    Salt Usage for child under one

    I was never advised by anyone to add salt to my daughter's food or bottle when she was a baby. Now that she is 2, I feed her salty snacks (For example: pretzels, salted crackers, cucumber and salt, etc)
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    Trying to decide how to tell

    Hi! I htink this is something that you should talk to your doctor about. From what I have heard, two people with CF can be in the same room, although it is not encouraged, as they can pass bacteria and that can be dangerous. If they have to be in the same room for whatever reason, I hear...
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    Little One Who Hates His Treatment!

    Hi Kerryann, Have you ever heard of the line of videos "Baby Einstein", by Disney? They are amazing!! My CF Clinic recommended them to me and those videos are a God send! WHen it's time to start physio, I tell my daughter to pick a movie and I play it for her. THe movies are short, beautiful...
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    I'm confused!

    By the way, so I don't confuse you, I am the one who started the topic but I hadn't created an account yet. It was my first time on the site and I saw the forums and just started typing!
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    I'm confused!

    Wow! That is absolutely crazy! I am so happy to hear that your daughter was okay! When my daughter was born, and she wasn't passing stool, the doctors at the hospital where I had given birth (not the same hospital where she goes for CF clinic, which is at a children's hospital) tried to...
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    Child's first real winter

    GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease) seems to be associated with persistent heartburn but that doesn't seem to explain why she can't get over this cold...
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    Child's first real winter

    Yes she is on antiobiotics. She has been on antibiotics pratically all winter but nothing seems to fully take her cold away. Everytime she is close to recovery, she relapses. She had her antibiotic switched a couple of days ago. She was feverish today and very languid.
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