Re: Were any of your babies above average in weight???/

August 22, 2003

Hey ,

That lady who has CF and is fifty something, do you know if it is the

lady that was diagnosed when she had her 4th child and in her

forties? I think she was from New York. It sounds like her

overweight all her life but also always with some sort of lung

problem growing up.

Just curious nothing in particular.

Love to you and ,

mom of a 10 wcf, Venanzio 7 nocf, Pepe 3 nocf

-- In cfparents , " ANDREA FITTING " <drea@m...>

wrote:

> Amy,

> My daughter was average size until she was about 7 months old.

then she started to loose weight because she became pancreatic

insufficient. Many people are pancreatic sufficient and still have

CF. It is just much more common to be pancreatic insufficient, that

is why they have the digestive issues. There is a woman on another

list who was diagnosed at age 53 or 54. They never suspected that

she had CF because she was OVERWEIGHT, not underweight at all.

However she had all the respiratory issues of a person with CF from

the time she was a little girl. I don't know what to tell you. Has

he been tested for allergies? My anaphylactic nephew is always

mucusy too, but he is just allergic to everything imaginable, he

doesn't have CF. I hope that is all it is.

>

> Were any of your babies above average in

weight???

>

> I keep going over and over all of Jack's symptoms and I keep

reading

> all of the posts and it seems like " most " of your babies were

small

> and underweight. My son is SO big. He is off the charts big.

He is

> almost the size of a large 2 year old and he is only 6 months old.

> Were any of the other babies on this group large? My son also

always

> has alot of mucus in his throat and chest but he doesn't run

fevers

> or anything. I am just rambling now because I am still trying to

find

> some " proof " that my baby doesn't have this before the sweat test

on

> Monday just to put my mind at ease.

> Is it common for babies to just have mucus? The mucus and

wheezing

> usually stay even with steroids and albuterol but respond to

> antibiotics, is that a bad sign?

>

> Please give me your honest opinion.

>

> Thank you

> Amy

>

August 23, 2003

Hi ,

Her Name is but I forget all her details. She used to go on CF.com a lot

but when they were more active. I thought that she said that she was diagnosed

only a year or so ago, but I could have this mistaken. Her signature was always

" MARY 55 WITH CF " I also remember a woman who was diagnosed later in life after

her fourth child was born but I thought that she was a different person from

. I could be confused.........

Were any of your babies above average in