Guest guest Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Congratulations! What an 'elegant' bedside manner! Ewwwww.... Enjoy that baby! ~Carolyn    "The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better." ~ Barbara Pletcher -- [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] Grandson Hi everyone, Just wanted to tell you all that my grandson arrived this morning at 7:39am. Brannan and he was 8 lbs 4 oz and is 20 1/4 inches. House Ped. doctor came in to talk with my daughter and her boyfriend. He said " so you have trisomy 21 in your family and we noticed that his ears are set low so you might want to get some testing done". Doctor looked at me and I told him that my youngest daughter was T21 and he looked at me and said "now don't freak out because we don't know if he has it". I looked at him and told him I wasn't freaking out and that I had never freaked out about my either of my daughters diagnosis. He then asked about my other daughter with Trisomy 10q /5p and then told my daughter not to freak out and maybe have some test done to see if they had it. It was just the way he said it that sounded as though my girls had some bad disease. Anyways, my daughter told him it didn't matter and she would talk to his regular ped doctor to see if he thought testing would be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Congratulations !!!! Nice big baby and yep, no need to freak out eh.....My grandson is the love of my life, 14 and ds.....Started high school Tuesday......... Ann, s Gram [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] Grandson Hi everyone, Just wanted to tell you all that my grandson arrived this morning at 7:39am. Brannan and he was 8 lbs 4 oz and is 20 1/4 inches. House Ped. doctor came in to talk with my daughter and her boyfriend. He said " so you have trisomy 21 in your family and we noticed that his ears are set low so you might want to get some testing done". Doctor looked at me and I told him that my youngest daughter was T21 and he looked at me and said "now don't freak out because we don't know if he has it". I looked at him and told him I wasn't freaking out and that I had never freaked out about my either of my daughters diagnosis. He then asked about my other daughter with Trisomy 10q /5p and then told my daughter not to freak out and maybe have some test done to see if they had it. It was just the way he said it that sounded as though my girls had some bad disease. Anyways, my daughter told him it didn't matter and she would talk to his regular ped doctor to see if he thought testing would be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Congratulations Grandma! Hopefully HE learned something about his bedside manner from you!What a guy,.. Carol in ILMom to , 8 DSMy problem is not how I look. It's how you see me. Join our Down Syndrome information group - http://health. groups.yahoo. com/group/ DownSyndromeInfo Exchange/http://downsyndromeinfoexchange.blogspot.com/ Listen to oldest dd's music http://www.myspace.com/vennamusic Hi everyone, Just wanted to tell you all that my grandson arrived this morning at 7:39am. Brannan and he was 8 lbs 4 oz and is 20 1/4 inches. House Ped. doctor came in to talk with my daughter and her boyfriend. He said " so you have trisomy 21 in your family and we noticed that his ears are set low so you might want to get some testing done " . Doctor looked at me and I told him that my youngest daughter was T21 and he looked at me and said " now don't freak out because we don't know if he has it " . I looked at him and told him I wasn't freaking out and that I had never freaked out about my either of my daughters diagnosis. He then asked about my other daughter with Trisomy 10q /5p and then told my daughter not to freak out and maybe have some test done to see if they had it. It was just the way he said it that sounded as though my girls had some bad disease. Anyways, my daughter told him it didn't matter and she would talk to his regular ped doctor to see if he thought testing would be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Congratulations on that fine new grandson!!!!! Shirley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Good for you and your daughter. And Congrats on the new BUNDLE of Baby love. Steph Bolduc wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > Just wanted to tell you all that my grandson arrived this morning at > 7:39am. Brannan and he was 8 lbs 4 oz and is 20 1/4 inches. > > House Ped. doctor came in to talk with my daughter and her boyfriend. > He said " so you have trisomy 21 in your family and we noticed that > his ears are set low so you might want to get some testing done " . > Doctor looked at me and I told him that my youngest daughter was T21 > and he looked at me and said " now don't freak out because we don't > know if he has it " . I looked at him and told him I wasn't freaking > out and that I had never freaked out about my either of my daughters > diagnosis. He then asked about my other daughter with Trisomy 10q /5p > and then told my daughter not to freak out and maybe have some test > done to see if they had it. > > It was just the way he said it that sounded as though my girls had > some bad disease. > > Anyways, my daughter told him it didn't matter and she would talk to > his regular ped doctor to see if he thought testing would be needed. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 well, that doc isn't going to win any sensitivity awards any time soon...sheesh.what did he mean.. " You might want to get some testing done " ?? Isnt that what docs do?? order tests if they think something needs to be checked out? anyway...Congratulations! Is this your first grandchild?KathyR Hi everyone, Just wanted to tell you all that my grandson arrived this morning at 7:39am. Brannan and he was 8 lbs 4 oz and is 20 1/4 inches. House Ped. doctor came in to talk with my daughter and her boyfriend. He said " so you have trisomy 21 in your family and we noticed that his ears are set low so you might want to get some testing done " . Doctor looked at me and I told him that my youngest daughter was T21 and he looked at me and said " now don't freak out because we don't know if he has it " . I looked at him and told him I wasn't freaking out and that I had never freaked out about my either of my daughters diagnosis. He then asked about my other daughter with Trisomy 10q /5p and then told my daughter not to freak out and maybe have some test done to see if they had it. It was just the way he said it that sounded as though my girls had some bad disease. Anyways, my daughter told him it didn't matter and she would talk to his regular ped doctor to see if he thought testing would be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 He told her to wait and talk to her regular ped. guess he's passing the buck. I think they should have ordered something if he suspected something. And thanks for the congrats. this is my 2nd grandchild. His sister is Savannah and she is 2 yrs old. Re: [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] Grandson well, that doc isn't going to win any sensitivity awards any time soon...sheesh.what did he mean.. "You might want to get some testing done"?? Isnt that what docs do?? order tests if they think something needs to be checked out?anyway...Congratulations! Is this your first grandchild?KathyR On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Bolduc <jhunter5431charter (DOT) net> wrote: Hi everyone, Just wanted to tell you all that my grandson arrived this morning at 7:39am. Brannan and he was 8 lbs 4 oz and is 20 1/4 inches. House Ped. doctor came in to talk with my daughter and her boyfriend. He said " so you have trisomy 21 in your family and we noticed that his ears are set low so you might want to get some testing done". Doctor looked at me and I told him that my youngest daughter was T21 and he looked at me and said "now don't freak out because we don't know if he has it". I looked at him and told him I wasn't freaking out and that I had never freaked out about my either of my daughters diagnosis. He then asked about my other daughter with Trisomy 10q /5p and then told my daughter not to freak out and maybe have some test done to see if they had it. It was just the way he said it that sounded as though my girls had some bad disease. Anyways, my daughter told him it didn't matter and she would talk to his regular ped doctor to see if he thought testing would be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Congratulations, ! I know yall are thrilled! Stupid doctor. I hope he doesn't mar this beautiful memory!Shari Hi everyone, Just wanted to tell you all that my grandson arrived this morning at 7:39am. Brannan and he was 8 lbs 4 oz and is 20 1/4 inches. House Ped. doctor came in to talk with my daughter and her boyfriend. He said " so you have trisomy 21 in your family and we noticed that his ears are set low so you might want to get some testing done " . Doctor looked at me and I told him that my youngest daughter was T21 and he looked at me and said " now don't freak out because we don't know if he has it " . I looked at him and told him I wasn't freaking out and that I had never freaked out about my either of my daughters diagnosis. He then asked about my other daughter with Trisomy 10q /5p and then told my daughter not to freak out and maybe have some test done to see if they had it. It was just the way he said it that sounded as though my girls had some bad disease. Anyways, my daughter told him it didn't matter and she would talk to his regular ped doctor to see if he thought testing would be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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