Re: (unknown)

June 7, 2001

Well Merry I try to be organized, been the only one who is around them all

the time the best I can do is that way. They are growing too fast and they

know a lot, I don't want to take advantage of them but they can help me in

so many ways. Iam only one person and they are three if I don't start since

now teaching them is going to be hard later to try to do so. Carolina and

Cristian they help me a lot and when I ask them to get something or if they

want something they know how to get it. I kinow you are wondering why I

never talk about dad. We are separated since last october, he decided to

take the easy way in all this and I didn't get the help we were supposed to

get from each other. He had an affair with some co-worker and things got

really bad between us. I didn't knew our marriage was in so much trouble, I

thought everything was ok between us, by those days we bought our first

house and I was very excited about the house, the kids. When suddenly all

this hit me in my face, right now we still separated because he doesn't want

to sign the papers. But I proved to myself been away from him I really don't

need him, all my kids know is me. And Iam ok with that. I really don't mind

share my experience with others. He was the one who did it wrong not me. To

sad he is missing so many wonderful things about them. I think you are

amazing having kids on your own plus running a day care wow. Seems like you

are doing a good job and can handle things very well.

Mabel, mom to Carolina, Cristian and a-ds (26 months old)

>From: Merry Low <lowco_canada@...>

>Reply-Multiples-DS

>Multiples-DS

>Subject: Re: (unknown)

>Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 08:35:19 -0400 (EDT)

>

>Mabel, from your message I can tell you must be very

>organized to get all that done. They are still little

>enough to like having playmates all the time. My kids

>are at the age where they argue a lot because somebody

>is always anoying somebody else. If the worst your

>daughter has done is poke her tongue out at someone I

>think your doing okay, besides at her age it is more

>of an I can do it to thing not a Nasty thing. I

>usually have a very busy house because on top of mine

>I have three daycare kids; so I usually have 6 kids

>from 20months to 9years running around here. And 5

>out of the 6 have special or behavioural needs, and

>that only leaves the baby and his mom has just left an

>abusive husband so he is a bit confused....Merry

>

>--- Mabel Aixa <mafalda03@...> wrote:

>

><HR>

><html><body>

><tt>

>Merry,

>

> & nbsp; It hasn't been easy, now they are 26 months and

>a is walking, is

>never easy but at least they all are walking and if we

>go out all I have to

>do is open the door and let them go to the van and

>they go to their car

>seats and all I have to do is put the straps. The

>other day I ordered

>chinesse food and went to pick it up, we park the van

>close to the place and

>I told them we are going to hold hands and walk to the

>restaurant, they did

>exactly what I said, they looked so cute. Everything

>with them is getting

>easy, feeding, bathing them, getting them dress,. In

>my neighborhood there

>is a lake and the other day we went on a picnic, I

>grab my basket and put

>some stuff in there put the kids in their wagon and

>went there, we found a

>nice area with lots of trees we sat down there for

>half and hour and ate and

>they were asking so many questions, then we played for

>a while in the

>playground, they had a lot of fun. For been in the

>terribles twos they are

>good kids. The other day I was watching the kids

>playing in the front of the

>house and we have new neighbors and they came to meet

>us and they have a one

>year old girl, she was sticking her tongue out to

>Carolina and Carolina did

>the same to her. I didn't like what I saw but at least

>I know Carolina won't

>allow nobody to mess with her. I don't know is that is

>good or bad. All I

>can say I have a lot of fun with them and never gets

>tire of been around

>them. Been a mom to triplets is good, I really love

>it. And I believe to

>been raising my kids on my own Iam doing a good

>job.

>

>Mabel, mom to Carolina, Cristian and a-ds (26

>months)

>

> & gt;From: Merry Low & lt;lowco_canada@... & gt;

> & gt;Reply-Multiples-DS

> & gt;Multiples-DS

> & gt;Subject: Re: (unknown)

> & gt;Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:07:19 -0400 (EDT)

> & gt;

> & gt;Mabel, Thanks for the welcome. & nbsp; So there are

>two of

> & gt;you on here that have triplets with one of the

>three

> & gt;having DS. & nbsp; You must really notice the

>difference in

> & gt;dev. when you see the three together. & nbsp; My

>three

> & gt;children are close together three children 92,93,

> & amp;

> & gt;95; I find it hard to imagine though having three

>the

> & gt;same age. & nbsp; Wishing you all the best

>....Merry

> & gt;--- Mabel Aixa & lt;mafalda03@... & gt;

>wrote:

> & gt;

> & gt; & lt;HR & gt;

> & gt; & lt;html & gt; & lt;body & gt;

> & gt; & lt;tt & gt;

> & gt;Hello Merry, & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;nbsp; & amp;nbsp; Welcome to the list, a great

>place to

> & gt;find support, answers and a lot of & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt;love and caring people. My name is Mabel Comas mom

>to

> & gt;a 26 months old & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt;triplets, Carolina, Cristian and a-ds.

>a

> & gt;never had heart & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt;problems and so far no health problems. A month

>and a

> & gt;half ago she started & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt;walking and is really a bless seen her walking all

>the

> & gt;time. She looks so & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt;cute. I saw the picture of your son , he is

>so

> & gt;handsome. That was a & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt;nice picture. Lokking forward to hear more from

>you

> & gt;all. & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt;Mabel, mom to Carolina, Cristian and a-ds

>(26

> & gt;months old) & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt;From: Merry Low

> & amp;lt;lowco_canada@... & amp;gt; & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt;Reply-To:

>Multiples-DS & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt;To:

>Multiples-DS & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt;Subject:

>(unknown) & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt;Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 13:23:46 -0400

>(EDT) & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt; & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt;Hi my name is Merry and I have 2 boys with

>DS and

> & gt;a & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt;daughter as well. & amp;nbsp; All my

>children are

> & gt;adopted. & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt; & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt;===== & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt; and Merry Low, Proud parents of

> 9

> & gt;(Down syndrome,Leukemia in & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt;remission,congenital heart

>defect,congestive heart

> & gt;failure,chronic lung & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt;disease, asthma,tube fed,etc,; Kate 7

>(neonatal

> & gt;abstinence syndrome, ADHD); & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt;Jaykob 5 (Down syndrome) & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt; & lt;BR & gt;

> & gt; & amp;gt;_______________________________________________________ & lt;BR & gt;<B\

R>

> & gt; & amp;gt;

June 7, 2001

Mabel,

Are you back home in Puerto Rico, or are you still in MD?

Sara

--On Thursday, June 07, 2001, 5:26 AM +0000 Mabel Aixa

<mafalda03@...> wrote:

> Merry,

>

> It hasn't been easy, now they are 26 months and a is walking, is

> never easy but at least they all are walking and if we go out all I have

> to do is open the door and let them go to the van and they go to their

> car seats and all I have to do is put the straps. The other day I

> ordered chinesse food and went to pick it up, we park the van close to

> the place and I told them we are going to hold hands and walk to the

> restaurant, they did exactly what I said, they looked so cute.

> Everything with them is getting easy, feeding, bathing them, getting

> them dress,. In my neighborhood there is a lake and the other day we

> went on a picnic, I grab my basket and put some stuff in there put the

> kids in their wagon and went there, we found a nice area with lots of

> trees we sat down there for half and hour and ate and they were asking

> so many questions, then we played for a while in the playground, they

> had a lot of fun. For been in the terribles twos they are good kids. The

> other day I was watching the kids playing in the front of the house and

> we have new neighbors and they came to meet us and they have a one year

> old girl, she was sticking her tongue out to Carolina and Carolina did

> the same to her. I didn't like what I saw but at least I know Carolina

> won't allow nobody to mess with her. I don't know is that is good or

> bad. All I can say I have a lot of fun with them and never gets tire of

> been around them. Been a mom to triplets is good, I really love it. And

> I believe to been raising my kids on my own Iam doing a good job.

>

> Mabel, mom to Carolina, Cristian and a-ds (26 months)

>

>> From: Merry Low <lowco_canada@...>

>> Reply-Multiples-DS

>> Multiples-DS

>> Subject: Re: (unknown)

>> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:07:19 -0400 (EDT)

>>

>> Mabel, Thanks for the welcome. So there are two of

>> you on here that have triplets with one of the three

>> having DS. You must really notice the difference in

>> dev. when you see the three together. My three

>> children are close together three children 92,93, &

>> 95; I find it hard to imagine though having three the

>> same age. Wishing you all the best ....Merry

>> --- Mabel Aixa <mafalda03@...> wrote:

>>

>> <HR>

>> <html><body>

>> <tt>

>> Hello Merry,

>>

>> & nbsp; & nbsp; Welcome to the list, a great place to

>> find support, answers and a lot of

>> love and caring people. My name is Mabel Comas mom to

>> a 26 months old

>> triplets, Carolina, Cristian and a-ds. a

>> never had heart

>> problems and so far no health problems. A month and a

>> half ago she started

>> walking and is really a bless seen her walking all the

>> time. She looks so

>> cute. I saw the picture of your son , he is so

>> handsome. That was a

>> nice picture. Lokking forward to hear more from you

>> all.

>>

>> Mabel, mom to Carolina, Cristian and a-ds (26

>> months old)

>>

>> & gt;From: Merry Low & lt;lowco_canada@... & gt;

>> & gt;Reply-Multiples-DS

>> & gt;Multiples-DS

>> & gt;Subject: (unknown)

>> & gt;Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 13:23:46 -0400 (EDT)

>> & gt;

>> & gt;Hi my name is Merry and I have 2 boys with DS and

>> a

>> & gt;daughter as well. & nbsp; All my children are

>> adopted.

>> & gt;

>> & gt;=====

>> & gt; and Merry Low, Proud parents of 9

>> (Down syndrome,Leukemia in

>> & gt;remission,congenital heart defect,congestive heart

>> failure,chronic lung

>> & gt;disease, asthma,tube fed,etc,; Kate 7 (neonatal

>> abstinence syndrome, ADHD);

>> & gt;Jaykob 5 (Down syndrome)

>> & gt;

>> & gt;_______________________________________________________

>> & gt;

June 7, 2001

Dear Sara, would you please remove me from the multiples list. Thank you!!

Suzanne, mom to Savanna, 7, Madison(DS) and , 3.

(unknown)

>>> & gt;Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 13:23:46 -0400 (EDT)

>>> & gt;

>>> & gt;Hi my name is Merry and I have 2 boys with DS and

>>> a

>>> & gt;daughter as well. & nbsp; All my children are

>>> adopted.

>>> & gt;

>>> & gt;=====

>>> & gt; and Merry Low, Proud parents of 9

>>> (Down syndrome,Leukemia in

>>> & gt;remission,congenital heart defect,congestive heart

>>> failure,chronic lung

>>> & gt;disease, asthma,tube fed,etc,; Kate 7 (neonatal

>>> abstinence syndrome, ADHD);

>>> & gt;Jaykob 5 (Down syndrome)

>>> & gt;

>>> & gt;_______________________________________________________

>>> & gt;

June 7, 2001

Sara,

We are going to be in MD for a few more weeks and then go back. Just for

dad to spend some time with the kids.

Mabel

>From: Sara Greenberg <List@...>

>Reply-Multiples-DS

>Multiples-DS

>Subject: Re: (unknown)

>Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 20:29:50 -0400

>

>Mabel,

>

>Are you back home in Puerto Rico, or are you still in MD?

>

>Sara

>

>--On Thursday, June 07, 2001, 5:26 AM +0000 Mabel Aixa

><mafalda03@...> wrote:

>

> > Merry,

> >

> > It hasn't been easy, now they are 26 months and a is walking,

>is

> > never easy but at least they all are walking and if we go out all I have

> > to do is open the door and let them go to the van and they go to their

> > car seats and all I have to do is put the straps. The other day I

> > ordered chinesse food and went to pick it up, we park the van close to

> > the place and I told them we are going to hold hands and walk to the

> > restaurant, they did exactly what I said, they looked so cute.

> > Everything with them is getting easy, feeding, bathing them, getting

> > them dress,. In my neighborhood there is a lake and the other day we

> > went on a picnic, I grab my basket and put some stuff in there put the

> > kids in their wagon and went there, we found a nice area with lots of

> > trees we sat down there for half and hour and ate and they were asking

> > so many questions, then we played for a while in the playground, they

> > had a lot of fun. For been in the terribles twos they are good kids.

>The

> > other day I was watching the kids playing in the front of the house and

> > we have new neighbors and they came to meet us and they have a one year

> > old girl, she was sticking her tongue out to Carolina and Carolina did

> > the same to her. I didn't like what I saw but at least I know Carolina

> > won't allow nobody to mess with her. I don't know is that is good or

> > bad. All I can say I have a lot of fun with them and never gets tire of

> > been around them. Been a mom to triplets is good, I really love it. And

> > I believe to been raising my kids on my own Iam doing a good job.

> >

> > Mabel, mom to Carolina, Cristian and a-ds (26 months)

> >

> >> From: Merry Low <lowco_canada@...>

> >> Reply-Multiples-DS

> >> Multiples-DS

> >> Subject: Re: (unknown)

> >> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:07:19 -0400 (EDT)

> >>

> >> Mabel, Thanks for the welcome. So there are two of

> >> you on here that have triplets with one of the three

> >> having DS. You must really notice the difference in

> >> dev. when you see the three together. My three

> >> children are close together three children 92,93, &

> >> 95; I find it hard to imagine though having three the

> >> same age. Wishing you all the best ....Merry

> >> --- Mabel Aixa <mafalda03@...> wrote:

> >>

> >> <HR>

> >> <html><body>

> >> <tt>

> >> Hello Merry,

> >>

> >> & nbsp; & nbsp; Welcome to the list, a great place to

> >> find support, answers and a lot of

> >> love and caring people. My name is Mabel Comas mom to

> >> a 26 months old

> >> triplets, Carolina, Cristian and a-ds. a

> >> never had heart

> >> problems and so far no health problems. A month and a

> >> half ago she started

> >> walking and is really a bless seen her walking all the

> >> time. She looks so

> >> cute. I saw the picture of your son , he is so

> >> handsome. That was a

> >> nice picture. Lokking forward to hear more from you

> >> all.

> >>

> >> Mabel, mom to Carolina, Cristian and a-ds (26

> >> months old)

> >>

> >> & gt;From: Merry Low & lt;lowco_canada@... & gt;

> >> & gt;Reply-Multiples-DS

> >> & gt;Multiples-DS

> >> & gt;Subject: (unknown)

> >> & gt;Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 13:23:46 -0400 (EDT)

> >> & gt;

> >> & gt;Hi my name is Merry and I have 2 boys with DS and

> >> a

> >> & gt;daughter as well. & nbsp; All my children are

> >> adopted.

> >> & gt;

> >> & gt;=====

> >> & gt; and Merry Low, Proud parents of 9

> >> (Down syndrome,Leukemia in

> >> & gt;remission,congenital heart defect,congestive heart

> >> failure,chronic lung

> >> & gt;disease, asthma,tube fed,etc,; Kate 7 (neonatal

> >> abstinence syndrome, ADHD);

> >> & gt;Jaykob 5 (Down syndrome)

> >> & gt;

> >> & gt;_______________________________________________________

> >> & gt;

June 7, 2001

Hi Merry and Family, We have 4 kids at our house (and several dogs). Amy 13, Kelsey 11, are a big help with the boys. Davey (DS) and Will are 15 months old. We live near Reno, NV. (unknown) Hi my name is Merry and I have 2 boys with DS and adaughter as well. All my children are adopted.===== and Merry Low, Proud parents of 9 (Down syndrome,Leukemia in remission,congenital heart defect,congestive heart failure,chronic lung disease, asthma,tube fed,etc,; Kate 7 (neonatal abstinence syndrome, ADHD); Jaykob 5 (Down syndrome)_______________________________________________________

June 7, 2001

Marcia, Nice to meet you, your Twins are just about a

year older than my youngest boy with DS....Merry

--- Rrietmann@... wrote:

<HR>

<tt>

Hi Merry,

Welcome to our group. & nbsp; I am Marcia, Mom to Sara,

who has Down Syndrome and

who does not. & nbsp; They were born in November

of 94 and are 6. & nbsp; Our other

son is Lucas and he is 10.

I just returned from San Diego, where one of my

sisters ran the San Diego

Marathon. & nbsp; Her mission was to raise money for the

leukemia society, as her

daughter, Lynn, who is now 9, was diagnosed with

leukemia when she was 5.

She, too, is in remission. & nbsp; Nearly half of the

22,000 runners were raising

money for leukemia research, so millions of dollars

were raised. & nbsp; It was

awesome! & nbsp; I understand a little of what you must

have been through with Josh.

Thank heavens, he is in remission.

I look forward to hearing more about you and your

family.

Marcia

Mom to Sara (DS) and 6 and Lucas 10

</tt>

<td align=center><font size= " -1 "

color=#003399>

June 7, 2001

Welcome Merry and Family. I am mom to Hannah and , ID twins with DS. You

will love all the great folks here on the group. We live in Tennessee. I also

have two sons who help alot with the girls. The boys are age 20 and 14. The

girls just

turned 6. I look forward to getting to know all of you.

Merry Low wrote:

> Hi my name is Merry and I have 2 boys with DS and a

> daughter as well. All my children are adopted.

>

> =====

> and Merry Low, Proud parents of 9 (Down syndrome,Leukemia in

remission,congenital heart defect,congestive heart failure,chronic lung disease,

asthma,tube fed,etc,; Kate 7 (neonatal abstinence syndrome, ADHD); Jaykob 5

(Down syndrome)

>

> _______________________________________________________

>

June 8, 2001

Pam, Thanks for the welcome. Your girls are right

close in age to my Youngest boy, Jaykob DS, he will be

6 in Dec. Is your 20 yr old still at home. Did you

know you were having twins before they were born? and

did you know they would have DS? I know that I found

out what I thought was a long time freind had aborted

a set of twins because she was told one or both had

DS. When she told me I never felt so sick in my life,

and she told me this after I had adopted my son. It

was sort of like her saying to me are you a fool or

what. I am still so angry with her that I don't speak

to her......Merry

--- Pam Houser <phouser@...> wrote:

<HR>

<tt>

Welcome Merry and Family. I am mom to Hannah and

, ID twins with DS. You will love all the great

folks here on the group. We live in Tennessee. I also

have two sons who help alot with the girls. The boys

are age 20 and 14. The girls just

turned 6. I look forward to getting to know all of

you.

Merry Low wrote:

& gt; Hi my name is Merry and I have 2 boys with DS and

a

& gt; daughter as well. & nbsp; All my children are

adopted.

& gt;

& gt; =====

& gt; and Merry Low, Proud parents of 9

(Down syndrome,Leukemia in remission,congenital heart

defect,congestive heart failure,chronic lung disease,

asthma,tube fed,etc,; Kate 7 (neonatal abstinence

syndrome, ADHD); Jaykob 5 (Down syndrome)

& gt;

& gt;

_______________________________________________________

& gt;

June 8, 2001

, What kind of services due the under 3 crowd

with DS get in NV. Do the services vary from state to

state. Just curious as we are in Canada.....Merry

--- Verissimo <justelou@...> wrote:

> Hi Merry and Family,

>

> We have 4 kids at our house (and several dogs). Amy

> 13, Kelsey 11, are a big help with the boys. Davey

> (DS) and Will are 15 months old. We live near Reno,

> NV.

>

> (unknown)

>

> Hi my name is Merry and I have 2 boys with DS and a

> daughter as well. All my children are adopted.

>

> =====

> and Merry Low, Proud parents of 9 (Down

> syndrome,Leukemia in remission,congenital heart

> defect,congestive heart failure,chronic lung

> disease, asthma,tube fed,etc,; Kate 7 (neonatal

> abstinence syndrome, ADHD); Jaykob 5 (Down syndrome)

>

_______________________________________________________

>

June 8, 2001

Mabel, Wow what a great attitude you have. I hope

that if per chance I was on my own I could be as

valiant as you.....Merry

--- Mabel Aixa <mafalda03@...> wrote:

<HR>

<tt>

Well Merry I try to be organized, been the only one

who is around them all

the time the best I can do is that way. They are

growing too fast and they

know a lot, I don't want to take advantage of them but

they can help me in

so many ways. Iam only one person and they are three

if I don't start since

now teaching them is going to be hard later to try to

do so. Carolina and

Cristian they help me a lot and when I ask them to get

something or if they

want something they know how to get it. I kinow you

are wondering why I

never talk about dad. We are separated since last

october, he decided to

take the easy way in all this and I didn't get the

help we were supposed to

get from each other. He had an affair with some

co-worker and things got

really bad between us. I didn't knew our marriage was

in so much trouble, I

thought everything was ok between us, by those days we

bought our first

house and I was very excited about the house, the

kids. When suddenly all

this hit me in my face, right now we still separated

because he doesn't want

to sign the papers. But I proved to myself been away

from him I really don't

need him, all my kids know is me. And Iam ok with

that. I really don't mind

share my experience with others. He was the one who

did it wrong not me. To

sad he is missing so many wonderful things about them.

I think you are

amazing having kids on your own plus running a day

care wow. Seems like you

are doing a good job and can handle things very

well.

Mabel, mom to Carolina, Cristian and a-ds (26

months old)

& gt;From: Merry Low & lt;lowco_canada@... & gt;

& gt;Reply-Multiples-DS

& gt;Multiples-DS

& gt;Subject: Re: (unknown)

& gt;Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 08:35:19 -0400 (EDT)

& gt;

& gt;Mabel, from your message I can tell you must be

very

& gt;organized to get all that done. & nbsp; They are

still little

& gt;enough to like having playmates all the

time. & nbsp; My kids

& gt;are at the age where they argue a lot because

somebody

& gt;is always anoying somebody else. & nbsp; If the

worst your

& gt;daughter has done is poke her tongue out at

someone I

& gt;think your doing okay, besides at her age it is

more

& gt;of an I can do it to thing not a Nasty

thing. & nbsp; I

& gt;usually have a very busy house because on top of

mine

& gt;I have three daycare kids; so I usually have 6

kids

& gt;from 20months to 9years running around here. & nbsp;

And 5

& gt;out of the 6 have special or behavioural needs,

and

& gt;that only leaves the baby and his mom has just

left an

& gt;abusive husband so he is a bit

confused....Merry

& gt;

& gt;--- Mabel Aixa & lt;mafalda03@... & gt;

wrote:

& gt;

& gt; & lt;HR & gt;

& gt; & lt;html & gt; & lt;body & gt;

& gt; & lt;tt & gt;

& gt;Merry, & lt;BR & gt;

& gt; & lt;BR & gt;

& gt; & amp;nbsp; It hasn't been easy, now they are 26

months and

& gt;a is walking, is & lt;BR & gt;

& gt;never easy but at least they all are walking and

if we

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In a message dated 6/9/2001 5:40:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

phaennablue@... writes:

> Hi, just want to introduce myself. I'm not sure whether or not anyone

> has addressed me or anything. I've had computer trouble and havent

> caught up on my reading yet. Anyway, I was diagnosed with Lyme in

> Feb.2000 and had a spinal tap and almost a month of antibiotic

> therapy before finding out that I was pregnant. While pregnant I had

> no symptoms (that I recognized) of Lyme. I'm worried about my son

> who was born in Jan. 2001. I'm told he shouldn't be tested until he's

> 6 mos. or older. Does anyone know anything about this? Also, I was

> retested early in my pregnancy and was told the result was " non-

> responsive " or something like that. Is this familiar to you? What

> does it mean?

> Thanks for having me on your group!

> :)Carolyn

>

Hi Carolyn,

Welcome to the group. ... As for your son, there's no reason he

can't be tested now as Lyme Disease can be transmitted through the birth

canal. As for yourself maybe they said your Lyme test was Equivocal meaning

they can't tell if it's there or not and there's need for further testing.

Pleae go get yourself and your son checked... Good Luck and keep us posted..

~Dizzy~

June 9, 2001

Apparently, I have been told, NV is kind of backwards in their services. Although, we have been very happy with services. Could it be we are just very vocal consumers of these services? Davey also seems to be doing really very good. We attend Special Children's Clinic in Reno. This is a state run clinic that bills our insurance for all services, but does not collect from us on anything that the insurance doesn't pay. Davey has a great Service Coordinator that comes to our house once a week. He also sees a fantastic OT once a month. We are going for a speech evaluation next Monday. Our Service Coordinator said he will probably not get to see the Speech Therapist, because of the other services he receives. Also, the class that taught sign language to the families has been canceled, because the college interns that were employed by the state have been let go due to budget constraints (I am going to make noise about this, especially since the therapist we are seeing is the one who coordinated the sign language class). So much for the new governor being pro education and pro child. We also see the nutritionist as needed, mostly for constipation issues. We do not need to go back to the developmental pediatrician, because she has so much confidence in our own pediatrician. We "graduate" from the clinic when the boys are three. At that point we go into the local school district program. I don't know a lot about this program yet. mom to Amy 13, Kelsey 11, Davey (DS) 15 months, and Will 15 months (unknown)>> Hi my name is Merry and I have 2 boys with DS and a> daughter as well. All my children are adopted.>> =====> and Merry Low, Proud parents of 9 (Down> syndrome,Leukemia in remission,congenital heart> defect,congestive heart failure,chronic lung> disease, asthma,tube fed,etc,; Kate 7 (neonatal> abstinence syndrome, ADHD); Jaykob 5 (Down syndrome)>>_______________________________________________________>

June 10, 2001

Carolyn,

Where you on antibiotics when you were retested?

Also I don't know about the age but I have heard that you can give it to a

baby if your preg.

Sheryl

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