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Happy Birthday to me.
Kind of sad. I'm really worried about Abbey's newborn screens. FOr those not in the know, Abbey was screened (as most newbies are) for a slew of metabolic disorders. Her blood plasma screen was at 2 weeks, and it came back abnormal so we followed up with a urine test (at 6 weeks). That also came back abnormal,so we were set up with a pediatric endocrinologist to "interpret the results". I believe both tests were screenings, so there's a fairly high false positive rate which is in our favor. But I'm still rather worried. These are not fun disorders (as if there is such a thing). If she has any one of them, we'll be lucky for her to live a normal life on a highly modified diet (very artificial and no breastfeeding). If we're not lucky, she won't live to see adulthood. We'll see what the endo says, hopefully it was a false positive and everything will be ok.
I feel so blessed to have a relatively healthy child, and a beautiful, very sociable little girl. I keep looking at her and thinking how I might lose her, she's so precious.
BUt I don't want to freak anyone out, it's very likely that it's just a false positive.
Kind of sad. I'm really worried about Abbey's newborn screens. FOr those not in the know, Abbey was screened (as most newbies are) for a slew of metabolic disorders. Her blood plasma screen was at 2 weeks, and it came back abnormal so we followed up with a urine test (at 6 weeks). That also came back abnormal,so we were set up with a pediatric endocrinologist to "interpret the results". I believe both tests were screenings, so there's a fairly high false positive rate which is in our favor. But I'm still rather worried. These are not fun disorders (as if there is such a thing). If she has any one of them, we'll be lucky for her to live a normal life on a highly modified diet (very artificial and no breastfeeding). If we're not lucky, she won't live to see adulthood. We'll see what the endo says, hopefully it was a false positive and everything will be ok.
I feel so blessed to have a relatively healthy child, and a beautiful, very sociable little girl. I keep looking at her and thinking how I might lose her, she's so precious.
BUt I don't want to freak anyone out, it's very likely that it's just a false positive.