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Originally Posted by Stormster

Even though E's cough has almost disappeared since feeing him dinner earlier (thanks to those who recommended that!) I still took him to get evaluated.

Doc thinks he has "aspiration from above" and not reactive airway. He thinks that aspiration is a combo of things including eating dinner just before bed. He wants us to get the following tests done though to rule out everything else:

Upper GI series
Swallowing/Speech Study
Chest X-ray
Sweat Test (for CF) this because of the cough and chronic diarrhea but i know he doesn't have CF. He's too healthy plus my sis is an expert in CF and sees him often so....no way.

These are a LOT of tests. I wasn't even going to BRING him since the cough stopped! I decided to only do the Swallowing/Speech Study and just do things one at a time. I've had an upper GI series and it's horrible and even babies need to drink stuff etc....so only if it's REALLY needed kwim?

Anyway, just sort of venting about it.

He's in the 50th percentile still for weight and 75th for height. He really follows that curve exactly. Oh and funny thing, i've been telling my DH that i think he has a very large uvula (you know that punching bag thing int he back of his mouth) because in pics you can SEE it! Everyone thought i was crazy LOL but guess what! Doc said he does have a very long, thin one! Weird!!!!!

First things first. Did you remember to bring your stool sample? Sorry

*I* have an oversized "punching" bag as well. If he gets sick a lot, and they say to get it out, get that sucker taken out when he's little. I was sick constantly as a kid, and for whatever reason they went in and took out ONLY my adenoids...which is really never done. I have issues with the punching bag always, and ever ENT I see says get it taken out. But I'm a sissy pants, so I don't. I just try to get through every winter and say I'll do it next year.

I would do anything that's only minimally invasive unless he starts presenting problems again. That seems like sort of overkill to me. What will they want next, bone scans? Did he go over what he was hoping to find with each study or is he just poking sticking around in the dark.

Just seems like if this has resolved itself, I wouldn't bother with a bunch of tests to find out what WAS bothering him. It's not bothering him anymore.