Guest guest Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Now that you've said that- They had to take a sample from Lucas' thumb at 1 week because he was in casts. Jenn > > > > Hi. I am a newbie so I'll give a quick intro. My name is Kaci, my > > son was born Dec 17 with bcf. He is currently on his 3rd > > set of casts and our dr told us he will need 2-3 more after these > > are removed. We recently received a letter that the blood sample > > submitted for the newborn screening tests was not correct and they > > were unable to perform the tests so the bloodwork needs to be > > repeated. My pediatrician told me that they can only get the > needed > > amount of blood from his heel. He gave us 2 options - we can go in > > to his office the day before 's next casting and they will > > remove the casts and do the bloodwork, or we can see if there is > > someone at the ortho office who can do the bloodwork. > > > > I have a call in to to the ortho office to find out what they want > > to do but my question is, is it ok to remove the casts the day > > before he gets new ones? I have read of different people soaking > > the casts off the night before, and I have read in other places > that > > the casts should not stay off overnight because of regression. > What > > are your experiences? > > > > Thanks, > > Kaci > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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