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Sandy,

Hi, my name is and I live in Australia, were neighbours. We are lucky to

have the Guthrie test (heel prick) done here automatically. My daughter is 3

and was 3 weeks old when diagnosed. They knew when she was 1 1/2 weeks but

didnt want to spoil my husbands fathers day that week so they waited till the

day after it. We've never been to N.Z., have you been to Aus.

Take care

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Hi everyone

My name is Sandy and my husband is Ed. I have been a lurker for the past 6

months or so but thought it was time to introduce myself. We have a 16 month old

daughter called with cf and asthma. We live in Christchurch , New

Zealand. has been reasonably healthy so far apart from 1 week in

hospital at 8 weeks of age due to pneumonia. She has had some colds over winter

but at the first sign of a cough she is put on oral antibiotics and that seems

to work at this stage.We are just entering our summer here so looking forward to

the nice hot weather. It was a great shock to us, as it is with everybody, when

the diagnosis was confirmed at 2 weeks of age with the sweat test following the

heel prick test at birth. We are so lucky here to have the heel prick test done

on newborns. Our cf clinic is really great. We are only a 15 minute drive from

the hospital where it is based. I think it is wonderful to have this list.

Really informative.

Thanks

Sandy, Mum to 16mo wcf & asthma