Re: Questions questions and update.

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Jen,

Why would they kick him out of the military if he is a carrier of

CF? Steve is military and a carrier. Also why would you lose

insurance? If he does have CF and it isn't affecting his health and

he passes all of the physicals they have no solid reason to discharge

him from service. My friends neighbor has about a million things

wrong with him and just had brain surgery and should be (in my

opinion) honorably discharged for medical reasons and they are

keeping him in. (I say my opinion because he is very sick, he's been

in forever and is of no use to the Navy if we go to war so i think he

should retire early and they should ask him to go-my opinion)

Anyways, I'm just curious because that doesn't seem right to me.

Thanks. Christy MOm of Wyatt 7wcf and hunter 2.5 wocf

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>

> Hey got a couple questions. I've been talking to a lady who is

preg and due

> around the same time I am. She had a lvl 2 U/S done and they found

a cyst

> on the babies brain. The doc said that can be a marker for CF. I

have

> never heard of this and was wondering if anyone had any info on it

that I

> could share with her. They also saw that the baby's bowels were

shadded.

> PJ had the same thing at this stage also.

>

> Genetics question. I racking my brain trying to figure out how we

got so

> " lucky " with three cfer's. If my husband or I had cf(neither one

of us

> shows any signs) it would be a 50/50 chance as long as the other

was a

> carrier, correct? So would that mean that there are 2 different

gene

> sequences(don't know if I'm wording this correct) that could

happen? Or

> would it be the same two each time? I've been debating on us

getting tested

> just to try and figure out what is going on, but if he was tested

and it was

> positive we'd be out of insurance and he'd have no job. Gotta love

the

> military.

>

> So far we are all doing good. PJ seems to be coughing a bit more

but

> doesn't seem to be getting sick. HOPEFULLY we'll have kicked this

stupid PA

> the first time around. Yolo is getting ready for her 3rd birthday

on the

> 16th. We're still having some behavior problems with her, so

hopefully I

> can get her evaled. is ding great. She's LOVES preschool and

is

> talking up a storm now. It is so weird having a 4 year old that

talks to

> you and carrys on some type of conversation. So far this preg is

going.

> Everything looks right on track and I go in for one of many lvl 2

u/s's

> soon. TJ is going to school now for the Air Force for another

stripe. SO

> his grandmother is comming down, she's an awsome lady. Kinda how I

picture

> Grandma Bev to be. Other than that we're doing great.

>

> Jen A. mom to 4, Yolo 2 1/2 and Phynix 6 months all w/cf.

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[Guest guest]

Yes, we are catagory 5 on the EFM Program. We can't go overseas

either which actually doesn't make sense to me seeing as how there

are clinics in Europe that could handle the disease. That's ok I'd

rather stay close to family anyways. My husband is a Seabee in the

Navy so we have two choices for bases when he is in a battalion. Port

Hueneme, California and Gulfport, Mississippi. We are from west coast

so go there. There are other bases for shore duty. Right now we are

in Hawaii. Wyatt was actually born at Air Force Base in

California. Best military hospital I've ever been to

Christy

> My husband is Air Force. If he's a carrier nothing would happen.

If he has

> it they will give him an honorable medical discharge. Why? I don't

> understand. I think it's the same thing as AIDS, death is

> inevitable(DAUUUUU we're all going to die). Other than that I'm

clueless on

> this, lol. Do you guys have an EFMP? We got coded so that we

can't move

> out of the states. Does the Navy have the same thing? Just

curious.

>

> Jen, mom to ALex 4, Yolo 2 1/2, and Phynix 6months. all w/cf.

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