[tri-med] Re: t-13 w/ heart problems

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From: "Batterton Home Imprv." <bh54901@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tri-med] t-13 w/ heart problems


> Hi ,
>   I'm new and I have a question re: my daughter's unborn baby boy. He's
> been diagnosed with T-13 w/ an extra something attached to 14.

Hi LouAnn ;o)
It's great to see you pop your head up here ;o) Is it perhaps a Robertsonian
translocation??? Someone...anyone...isn't that the one that involves the
13th and the 14th chromosome?? It doesn't really matter...just curious :o)

Her
> doctor sees lots of the problems associated. Kidneys & heart being the
> worst. They will do an Echo next week to know for sure.

I just hope they have a specialist reading the renal ulrasound...Devon's was
misread and thought to be polycystic but there was not a thing wrong with
them :o) As for the Echo...I don't know about the ones done prenatally but
it will be good to at least be alerted to possible problems
beforehand...although really knowing the severity can't really be judged
until after he is born...in my humble opinion :o) I know that some problems
don't require intervention at all while others might only require
medication....while still others require surgery.

> We are just beginning to find out about T-13 and realize there are so
> many different variations.

Yep LouAnn....no 2 children present exactly the same but most of our
children have at least some similarities.


> Thanks to Penny for her wonderful encouraging e-mails!


My pleasure LouAnn!!!! I hope this helps your daughter and her hubby :o)

Love,
Penny...devoted wife to Joe and "Mom" to Nick (11 1/2 yrs...lover of Harry
Potter, Pokemon, Fishing, Legos, Zelda, Popcorn Chicken, Pizza, cheese
sticks and chocolate icecream w/ovaltine sprinkles) and "Mommy" to Devon
(AKA-Stinky Boy, The Chief or Devonrude...Lover of Bear, Elmo and the
Muppets, Stuart Little, Barney, Blue, Pooh and Co. and food in general, 7
years old (6-15-95) !!! Full Trisomy 13 w/balanced translocation 5 and
13)... KC (the feline child...Brat gained her kitty wings 7-09-02 she was 16
years old +), Snitch and Lil' Dude (Nick's turtles :o)
:o) DeLand, Florida
Meet our family at http://www.trisomyonline.org/victor.htm  (Compliments of
my dear friend Karen!
And last but not least, check out the homepage I made!
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(Psalm 118)

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