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Posted by Liz Liz --Previous Message--
on 11/6/2005, 9:34 pm, in reply to "At what age was your child diagnosed?"
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Hey Lisa,
In the process of a diagnosis in my daughter who will be 5 next week. If you read the post I wrote she was seen for nasal speech that I just thought she would grow out of with more time. Still thought of it as her baby voice. That's when we found out about the submucous cleft palate. It was when we had that evaluated further that I first heard of the C22 deletion. We see the genetic specialist on the 14th to have the official tests done for a diagnosis. But to answer your question my child is 5, and I've been told by others that she is old for a diagnosis, that most are caught early due to more serious heart and chronic health issues.
Hope that helps.
lilredridinghood_217 yahoo screen name
: 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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