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Posted by Whitney
on 11/6/2005, 3:59 pm
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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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