[tri-med] Re: foot length

>I'm  taking a class in neonatal intensive care right now from Indiana
>University, and a question has come among us.  Our textbook states,  "One
>quick and effective way to estimate gestational age is by  measuring foot
>length... My question is, do you know of trisomies that present with
>altered foot length/shape.

Annee,

Philina was full term, 6lbs, 10 oz & 19", but was still so small that we
had to dress her in preemie cloths & booties if we didn't want her to swim
in them.  At 1yr she was still only wearing size 3 months clothes, and
though the rest of her body seemed to steadily slowly grow after that, her
feet still remained tiny.  She was the only kid I ever knew who literally
wore out those tiny little corduroy booties army crawling around the house.
Oh yeah, and to this day one of her feet is 1/2 a size larger then the
other.

Fawna, Research coordinator TRIS Project, mom
to Thom & Rhonda, Lara, & Philina 24yrs (PT6p
& Moya Moya Syndrome), Escondido, CA USA
http://home.mindspring.com/~fawna33/





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