I have a friend whose four year old son is on 9 asthma meds. Adult doses. He's been in the hospital dozens of times. As it turns out, the kid has been aspirating everything since birth, causing the breathing problems and pneumonia. They did the barium swallowing test, and all the doctor said to my friend is "He's aspirating, don't give him any fluids." And walked out of the room. The speech pathologist put him on nectar thick liquids, and gave them the name of a thickening product that costs $108 a can. Other than that, theses parents were told nothing about how to keep their son ALIVE. I told them everything I could think of that I know, which as a CNA isn't much. I stressed oral care, and pudding and Jell-O. Other than that, I don't know what to tell them. Has anyone heard of this? Anybody got any advice that I can share with my friend? The poor kid is licking condensation off of other people's glasses.