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Posted by nicole
on 1/11/2006, 9:16 am, in reply to "Re: At what age was your child diagnosed?"
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Dear Whitney, My son was not diagnosed till he was 4. He had severe hypo-nasal speech,gerd, repeated ear infectionsas well as delays in fine and gross motor skills. He was my 5th child so I knew there was somthing wrong. He was just so ill his first year of life. He is now in first grade but is fairly behind. My son previous to him died from a heart defect and we now know that he too had vcfs. It has been a long road but he is still a awsome loving happy little man. Good luck with you child, and God bless.
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: Hello everyone. We have a 3 year
: old
: son and are revisiting the idea of
: having him tested for a 22q
: deletion. He does not have any
: cardiac or palate difficulties that
: we know of (unless they are minor
: and have never shown any sort of
: presentation.) He does have several
: of the characteristic facial
: features (asymetric crying facies,
: broad bridge to his nose, epicanthal
: folds, small teeth, hooded eyelids,
: red/blue circles under his eyes.) He
: had bad GERD as a baby and has
: always been on the small side in
: height and weight. He also showed a
: developmental delay in gross motor
: skills and language development,
: although he has caught up on those
: now and only seems to struggle with
: some fine motor skills. Also, we
: are starting to see some signs of
: social and learning difficulties
: (attention difficulties, fixation on
: one object/topic, severe separation
: anxiety even though he's been in day
: care since 6 months old, sensory
: integration issues etc.) All the
: stories that I read are of children
: who were diagnosed in infancy
: (usually because of cardiac
: problems) and I guess I'd like to
: know if there have been children
: diagnosed later in life.
: Wow! Sorry for the long message.
: Thanks in advance for your help!
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