[tri-wings] Re: tri-wings Trisomy 17 Missdiagnosis was wrong autopsy results rev

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> From: "Forrest Utsman" <futsman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tri-wings] Re: Trisomy 17 Missdiagnosis was wrong autopsy results 
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> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 20:34:45 -0600
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> I'm not sure about having different cell counts on each side of the body; but 
> our 3 month old son, Evan, has Trisomy 18. He has been called and diagnosed 
> as having Mosaic Trisomy, due to the fact his blood count showed 50% Trisomy 
> 18 cells, his inner cheek skin cells showed 89% Trisomy 18, and his 
> Chromosome test of 100 random cells showed 100% Trisomy 18. So the doctors 
> told us that they feel confident in treating him as a full Trisomy 18 count 
> rather than as a Mosaic. 


I'm not sure why the dr. would tell you that they would treat your baby 
differently if he had mosaic t18.  Being mosaic doesn't necessarily mean that 
the child will do better or live longer.  In fact, it is my opinion that drs 
don't treat t18, they treat the different conditions and issues that can arise 
from t18, but there is no treatment for the actual disorder.  I had one of 
Morgan's dr's tell me that once, she said "I am not treating t18, I am treating 
Morgan for reflux." 

?You have no right to argue with your Creator. You are
merely a clay pot shaped by a potter. 
The clay doesn?t ask, ?Why did 
you make me this way??? (Isaiah 45:9 CEV).


Holly ( Des Moines, IA) -- wife of Mike 
mom of Morgan (11 yrs. old) unbalanced translocation resulting in partial t18q 
and partial monosomy 9p 
dx'd with type 1 diabetes 03-17-08, enjoying the honeymoon--injecting levemir 
twice daily,novolog




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