Update

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Well we went to the Neurosurgeon last week and has a tethered spinal

cord, so now we have to untether it (a 5-7 day average hospital stay). This

is where I am a tad mad that it got missed. I got another package from

Children's hospital and back on Feb 20th 2009 the nurse practioner from the

urologists office ordered a renal ultrasound, VCUG and an abdominal x-ray,

the main reason for the visit to the urologist is because I had spent 5

years trying to potty train and I was at my giving up point, and

thought okay there is something medical going on or he is really low

functioning. Anyways on the Abdominal X-ray it showed that he had stool all

throughout his large intestine and rectum (typical for Down syndrome,

nothing new to me there), but the number 2 finding is what caught my eye, it

said that he has a bilateral coxa valga on the proximal femurs, what it

basically is, the head of your femur when fitting into your hip has a 120

degree angle to fit in there, well with his is 130+ degree angle (I

haven't had time to look at the picture to see if I could measure it or not,

and we got in with an Orthopedist on the 27th of this month and plus I have

big tests coming up in school), but when I was researching it out a little

bit according to one website it said it could be one of 24 different

syndromes, and no Down syndrome wasn't on there, I could exclude a few of

them by having the karyotype when he was a baby (like the 46XXXXY syndrome,

and the 2 different chromosome 8 abnormalities). Got good news from the eye

doctor today, his nearsightedness is getting better - eventhough he isn't

wearing his glasses (he has a love/hate relationship with them some

days/moments he loves them then the next they are busted - eventhough they

are breakage resistant, his insurance pays for them but it is just a hassel

to go in what seems like once every 2 weeks to order new glasses), his

alignment looks fabulous and that we don't have to see her for a year!!

When she said that I was like Woo Hoo!! I said Dr. P I love you but I see

you way too often, so being able to do once a year is just great!! We have

an appointment with the genetic doctors on November 18th, just have to find

someone to get the girls to school for me that day since his appointment is

the same time the girls get on the bus.

As I know more, I will keep you guys updated!