It started back in November.

An unusual phenomenon brought on in the unusual life of Kennedy.

She would start coughing.

Oh, sure, a CF patient coughing? Pfft, what’s the big deal?

For starters, it wasn’t a panic inducing wet, deep, ugly cough.

It was dry.

Random.

Every time we checked on her she’d declare “I just swallowed a string!”

After a while, she got annoyed with us constantly checking on her whenever she’d have another coughing fit.

This week, Kennedy had a checkup in the CF clinic and Erik asked the doctor about it.

Turns out, Kennedy can paraphrase the Disney movie, The Princess and the Frog.

“It’s not strings – it’s mucus!”

Yeah.  We learned something new, and Kennedy can now yell at us appropriately.

Apparently it’s normal.  The  mucus in a CF patient is thicker, and when it gets in their throat it’s the uncomfortable sensation as if you’ve swallowed a hair that’s just sitting in your throat.

We don’t have to worry unless her cough becomes wet and thick.

Of course, that’s assuming we ever stop worrying.

(P.S. We don’t.)