Ruth P.
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                        
                        
                        As a child I suffered with croup for many years and was even sick enough to  be hospitalized at age 5 for a full week. It wasn't until I was in my twenty's that I was told I had upper  airway reactive disease or bronchial  asthma.  This is totally managable with  some environmental changes and some  medication. Please consider having your  some evaluated for asthma.  An allergist  is the best doctor to see for this. For  some reason pediatricians often fail to  pick up on childhood allergies and asthma. Let me know how it turns out.