First off let me say Welcome. I am sure you are overwhelmed at the moment so let me suggest you get a notebook of some sort & start writing down any concerns, questions, keep track of meds, bowl movements etc. This will come in handy as your child presents symptoms & you try to keep track of things. It will be something to refer to as you write down your ??? & then the answers or changes accordingly. It helps with the first few doctors appointments also. Once you get the hang of CF & what it entails things will fall into place a bit easier believe it or not. I wasnt dx until I was 7 so I think its easier (in some ways not so much for the parents) for babies to be dx because they grow up only knowing the treatments & not the lack of so resistance to doing them is usually less. I am not sure what you want to know. I was dx @ 7 after years of belly aches, diahrea etc. First few years of school was awful because of this. At that time my lungs werent really involved. FInallly after tons of allergy testing to no avail I was sent for the sweat test & we finally had a reason. We did learn the CPT & all the airways stuff etc, but because of the life expectancy then my Mom thought it best to just let me have fun & not make me do treatments. I did take my enzymes since that was an immediate problem if I didnt. So anyway here I am 30 years later having not did regular treatments my whole life & somewhat paying for that now. I had a normal life. I was in the school band, ran cross country (not a top finisher, but cant have it all), was in Girl Scouts, had boyfriends etc. Went to work & worked fulltime. I got married (twice) & had a beautiful baby girl who just turned 8. I did have to stop working when she was 18 months because I couldnt balance Motherhood, Marriage, Health & Fulltime work. Once again tho thats because I didnt have the discipline of my treatments etc. So I have been a stay at home Mom for 6 1/2 years now & have good/bad days, but overall I am doing great. I have been throwing the idea of going back to school around in my head, but honestly dont know if I want that committment. Maybe I will just take a class instead of actually majoring in something.....we will see! As your ??? or concerns arise, please be sure to come here & address them!