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    A Few Easy Questions

    Thank you, to you all. I have passed on your comments and suggestions to Austin. I have learned SO much in the last 24 hours from this forum. I also emailed the link to Austin and told him that he would be welcomed here. He has ADHD (not taking meds for it) and doesn't have a lot of...
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    Pics of our kids

    Here is Austin. This was taken last January. You can't tell how tall he is...lol but he is 6 feet tall!
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    When/how was your child diagnosed?

    Oh my Gosh! I hear ya. My sister refused to babysit because she threw up everytime she had to change Austin's diaper. If we went on a road trip, we had to take extra changes of clothes because he would fill up his diaper and it would run out the sides! I remember being in a Denny's...
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    opinions on homeschooling

    Austin has been home-schooled since the 7th grade. He is a junior now. I never thought I could handle the pressure of being his mother AND his teacher, but when he kept coming home crying because he was being teased, I reconsidered. Kids are so cruel sometimes! They would push him down and...
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    A Few Easy Questions

    Alyssa *hugs* Thank you for your reply. Quick question. Did the Tobi make your daughter cough a lot when she first started using it? Austin just used it for the 3rd time and he is in his room coughing pretty bad. He rarley ever coughed before he started using it...in fact, I used to panic...
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    When/how was your child diagnosed?

    Austin was diagnosed when he was 3 by the sweat test. His first 3 years were a nightmare. As a new mom I had no idea what was going on with his health. He had an intasusseption (the small intestine periscopes into the large intestine) at 5 months old. He had pneumonia several times. He had...
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    A Few Easy Questions

    Wow...thanks for the fast replies Fred I've read quite a few of your posts on the forum and I've found you to be a rather awesome person. I was just telling Austin about your medication predicament and he said, "I wish I could send him like 500 of my enzymes a month. Is that illegal?" I just...
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    A Few Easy Questions

    Hello...I'm brand new to this forum and I'm not exactly sure what format to ask my questions in...so here goes My son, Austin, who will be 17 years old next month, has CF/CFRD. He was diagnosed at 3 years old. Yesterday he started on Tobi by nebulizer and Cipro by mouth. Cipro for 3 weeks and...
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