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

Congratulations, Nan, on the birth of your beautiful new granddaughter!!
May God's blessings rain down on all of you.

Take care.
Ceci, mom to angel Anna, T-18, 9/22/98 - 12/13/98, Maria, age 24 and on her
own, Joe, 13 years old and wife to John.


-----Original Message-----
From: NanlorW@xxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:50:01 EDT
Subject: [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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