Guest guest Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Congratulations on your new Grandson! You are a grandma!!!!! I think you handled this well . That is a strange way to deliver a " possible " diagnosis. Be sure to keep us in the loop! Kristy Colvin IMDSA President ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ International Mosaic Down Syndrome Association PH: Toll Free: 1-888-MDS-LINK http://www.imdsa.org http://www.mosaicmoments.today.com Subject: Grandson To: MosaicDS , " downsyndrome " <DownSyndromeInfoExchange > Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 11:51 AM 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 Oh I left out the part where he only saw " low set ears " . That is all he saw. Grandson To: MosaicDS , " downsyndrome " <DownSyndromeInfoExchange > Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 11:51 AM 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 doesn't always mean something is " wrong " . It just means his ears are lower. I saw his picture, he sure is a cutie! Kristy Colvin IMDSA President ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ International Mosaic Down Syndrome Association PH: Toll Free: 1-888-MDS-LINK http://www.imdsa.org http://www.mosaicmoments.today.com From: Bolduc <jhunter5431@ charter.net> Subject: Grandson To: MosaicDS@yahoogroup s.com, " downsyndrome " <DownSyndromeInfoExc hange@yahoogroup s.com> Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 11:51 AM 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 His moms ears aren't much bigger. she's got tiny ears Grandson To: MosaicDS@yahoogroup s.com, " downsyndrome " <DownSyndromeInfoExc hange@yahoogroup s.com> Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 11:51 AM 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 Congratuations on Brannan , the new addition to your family!!!! Darlene - Mom to (12) and (10) P.S. - you look much too young to be a grandmother ;-) On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Bolduc wrote: > > > His moms ears aren't much bigger. she's got tiny ears > > Grandson > > To: MosaicDS@yahoogroup s.com, " downsyndrome " <DownSyndromeInfoExc > hange@yahoogroup s.com> > > Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 11:51 AM > > 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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