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Posted by Angela on 11/7/2005, 5:17 pm, in reply to "At what age was your child diagnosed?" --Previous Message--
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We have twin boys that were diagnosed shortly after birth with the 22q deletion. One of the twins had obvious findings associated with the deletion (heart defect)and the other twin did not. He was only tested because we found out his twin brother had the deletion. Had he not had a twin brother with the deletion, he probably could have gone his entire life without knowing. He is in first grade and is learning on a first grade level. He does have some attention problems and learns better in a small group setting, but he does not have any of the physical problems associated with the deletion (with the exception of a larger fold on the outside of his ears).
: 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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