I took Sarah today to see the ENT. He suspected that it could be croup caused by reflux. Like asthma, croup can be caused by reflux and cause the coughing and breathing issues, just in a different area of the body. His feelings were that if it was being caused by asthma, it would happen during the day, not just during sleep. As a baby, every attack came b/w 1-3 am. In Dec it happened at 5:55 am and the one 2 weeks was at midnight. So he thinks that would more likely be the cause.
My next steps:
Go back to the pediatrican and get an upper g-i barium test done. He recommended that I get a referral to the pediatric gastroenteroligist(?) in Albany. Sue has been there and highly recommends I skip that doctor and see if my pediatrican can order the test herself.
I can go back to the ENT if I need to in the future, but he doesn't forsee anything in his area as the problem. Yeah!
If it is not a reflux thing, I will have to see the allergist again to re-check the asthma possibility.
If it is reflux, one little pill a day may help prevent anything else.
That's it for now.
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