Children's plight fails to move hospital
STACEY KIRK
Last updated 12:00 13/10/2011
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Feilding toddlers Cody, 3, and two-year-old Jayda Archer were living with buckets constantly by their side because they were suffering from severe, chronic coughing fits, which would not stop until the children were gasping for air and vomiting.
Cody's coughing fits started just before he turned two years old, and have been getting progressively worse since, while Jayda started coughing uncontrollably only a few months ago.
Doctors have been unable to diagnose what was wrong. Both children have been tested for several illnesses, including whooping cough, and placed on different antibiotics, antihistamines and steroids, none of which have worked....
