Re: just curious/kids and heigh/weight (long: beware!)

[Guest guest]

You just never know: I have cf, was born prematurely with meconium ile

us, weighing (those who know me can start laughing) 2.5 lbs. and was

a midget (euphemistically speaking) until age 16 when I grew ab

out 8 " and kept on growing until age 22; puberty happened at about

age 18.5--at last! Then in my late fifties I got downright chubby!

My oldest children are tall, dark, very slender and are carriers with

other medical problems than cf, but well. I mean very, very tall!!!!

My youngest wcf finally staggered to somewhere between 5' and 5' 2 "

in adulthood, and beefed up nicely--never even made it to the 1st per

centile as a child! But that " kid " is the strongest of the bunch, and

despite serious illness in childhood and youth, can easily take on the

other two (singly) at Karate, Kungh Fu, etc. My husband was tall, hefty,

strong, athletic, and blonde with blue eyes (had to wear sun glasses); the

" kids " are blondish brown-haired with black-eyes, reddish-brown haired with dark

green eyes, and then the last one, known as a kid as " short stop, " has a good

self image and, as they all are, is the athlete of the century--and my

husband always said that each was smarter than the two of us put together.

The last one, wcf, the short one, is so blonde as to blind you, grey eyes;

all got my mother's absolute pitch and musical ability, cf, and cf-carrier

state, not withstanding, we sure did spend their childhoods trying to put

weight

on all of them--

the grocery bills were, and remain for the last one, outrageous! To this

day, I pity their spouses! I can no longer afford to send grocery checks!

The family joke about the kids, coloring notwithstanding (olive-skinned)

was " Well, we know who these kids' father was--now just who was the

mother? " They DO resemble their father far more than they do me--which is

fine with me--I mean he was rather good-looking.

But, back to size , it is hard to tell; kids and adults wcf vary so greatly;

except for extreme shortness (under 5'), I tend to think that nutrition is

the important thing.

Thanks for putting up with today's " fit, "

Love to all at cf parents,

n Rojas, wcf, cfrd, height and chub, etc.

ps; we did have the youngest tested for bone growth and hormones at

about age 13; the verdict: " congenitally short stature!

[Guest guest]

n,

When do you get a stomache ache, when you take too few enzymes or

when you take too many? Abby gets terrible stomache aches about once

every ten days. The pain keeps her up all night. She's too little

to talk yet, so we can only assume that her stomache hurts.

I had her over last Friday night and her stomache was so hard and

round. She cried off and on all night. The next day around noon,

she had a big runny poop. She seemed to feel better then. The

clinic says that we need to start varying the number of enzymes,

based on the meal.

The hard stomach makes me think that we gave her too many, but the

runny poop would indicate too few. How do we know what to do?

Gale

> You just never know: I have cf, was born prematurely with meconium

ile

> us, weighing (those who know me can start laughing) 2.5 lbs. and was

> a midget (euphemistically speaking) until age 16 when I grew ab

> out 8 " and kept on growing until age 22; puberty happened at about

> age 18.5--at last! Then in my late fifties I got downright chubby!

> My oldest children are tall, dark, very slender and are carriers

with

> other medical problems than cf, but well. I mean very, very

tall!!!!

> My youngest wcf finally staggered to somewhere between 5' and 5' 2 "

> in adulthood, and beefed up nicely--never even made it to the 1st

per

> centile as a child! But that " kid " is the strongest of the bunch,

and

> despite serious illness in childhood and youth, can easily take on

the

> other two (singly) at Karate, Kungh Fu, etc. My husband was tall,

hefty,

> strong, athletic, and blonde with blue eyes (had to wear sun

glasses); the

> " kids " are blondish brown-haired with black-eyes, reddish-brown

haired with dark

> green eyes, and then the last one, known as a kid as " short stop, "

has a good

> self image and, as they all are, is the athlete of the century--and

my

> husband always said that each was smarter than the two of us put

together.

> The last one, wcf, the short one, is so blonde as to blind you,

grey eyes;

> all got my mother's absolute pitch and musical ability, cf, and cf-

carrier

> state, not withstanding, we sure did spend their childhoods trying

to put weight

> on all of them--

> the grocery bills were, and remain for the last one, outrageous!

To this

> day, I pity their spouses! I can no longer afford to send grocery

checks!

> The family joke about the kids, coloring notwithstanding (olive-

skinned)

> was " Well, we know who these kids' father was--now just who was the

> mother? " They DO resemble their father far more than they do me--

which is

> fine with me--I mean he was rather good-looking.

> But, back to size , it is hard to tell; kids and adults wcf vary so

greatly;

> except for extreme shortness (under 5'), I tend to think that

nutrition is

> the important thing.

> Thanks for putting up with today's " fit, "

> Love to all at cf parents,

> n Rojas, wcf, cfrd, height and chub, etc.

> ps; we did have the youngest tested for bone growth and hormones at

> about age 13; the verdict: " congenitally short stature!

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