It took eight trips to the doctor, but a Fallon, Nev. couple have finally learned the source of their infant daughter's health problems over the last four months: a penny lodged in her throat.
On previous visits, doctors diagnosed 15-month-old Erin Spaletta's breathing problems and persistent coughing as a respiratory infection and prescribed antibiotics.
But last week, physician's assistant Cameron Byers of Banner Churchill County Hospital suggested a chest X-ray and the culprit clearly showed.
