[tri-med] Re: Request for help, please

In a message dated 10/18/07 8:16:42 PM, kimihlenfeldt@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:


> I am so sick and tired of the doctors thinking they know everything and 
> that they think they can choose who is "worth" saving.
> 

A few months ago I think I posted to the list about my son and his wife and 
the baby they were expecting. An ultrasound about about 20 weeks showed some 
growth abnormalities and the doc that did the ultrasound told them that he 
suspected a chromosome abnormality, not Down Syndrome. He even discussed 
amnio/termination with them. Now some would think that my son, Chris, being 
three years 
older than Dom might have an idea of what the doc was talking about, but I am 
certain he did not. Besides, at our house, having something abnormal was 
normal. But it about stopped my heart. The kids did not at all consider 
terminating 
and they did not do any research other than to talk to Maria's regular OB who 
did not think there were any serious problems. 
They went back for a second u/s and it was a different doc who thought 
everything looked ok, except that one of the baby's kidneys seemed small. I 
just 
want anyone that remembers that far back to know, they had a beautiful, healthy 
little girl, Kristina Yvette on September 24. She was 7 lbs, 10 oz and 20 
inches long. When I heard her crying on my cell phone just a few minutes after 
she 
was born, I breathed a giant sigh of relief. They took her last week to the 
pediatric urologist and her right kidney did not fully develop. He told them 
that her left kidney was perfectly healthy and she would be one of those people 
who goes through life with just one kidney. He did not forsee any problems. 
What appeared to be too small was probably a mistake on due dates. Maria said 
about a week later than what the docs said and Kristina was born on the date 
that 
Maria thought she would be. I don't know that this post belongs on this 
thread, other than if they had gone along with the first doc, the outcome could 
have been very different.



Nan
mom to:
Dom, 9/16/83, Tri 18 mosaic and Bipolar Disorder.
Ali, 6/12/83, Autism, Tourette Syndrome, ADHD



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