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McKenzie has high levels of lead in her blood stream
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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 566072" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>My two oldest children were lead poisoned at the day care they went to as babies. It was licensed and inspected and insured but back in 1992, lead was not something NYC tested for as I learned. Both had long lasting effects. Oldest boy's IQ is 135, would have been at least 5 points higher per all the testers but for the lead-induced ADHD that impacted him. I finally had him diagnosis'ed as Asperger's, which he really isn't, because lead poisoned doesn't give you services in school. daughter was younger and was more affected in her performance IQ, she tested at 154 verbal but "only" 112 in performance. This negatively impacted her in math all through her school career. Oldest boy could never concentrate and, at 22, is finally managing to start maturing. He dropped out of college and now works delivering pizza. My daughter is studying to be a Special Education teacher, in some part because of her struggles with math and my son's issues. </p><p></p><p>Their levels were high but not high enough to require chelation, thankfully. We were told to feed them foods which are high in iron because iron helps leach the lead from the blood and to give them iron supplements as well. Their levels eventually went down. For quite a while, we did monthly testing and then switched to quarterly, biannunally and when they hit puberty, one last test. One thing I learned which was interesting is that lead collects in the femur bone so that until a child is grown (21), if they break the femur, the lead could leak out into the bloodstream so if that happens, the doctors must be informed asap. After that, it's not dangerous.</p><p></p><p>As for Cory and Mandy, they should discuss with their doctor if they need a test. Lead does not impact adults the way it does kids and unless they had a serious, prolonged exposure it probably won't be an issue. If Mandy plans another baby, she should test as I can't remember if lead passes through the placenta.</p><p></p><p>Last thing - I knew my kids were not exposed at my mother in law's but the Health Dept. asked to test there. She agreed. I would have been upset had she refused.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with Mackenzie - I love her name. It's actually difficult child's middle name.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 566072, member: 3493"] My two oldest children were lead poisoned at the day care they went to as babies. It was licensed and inspected and insured but back in 1992, lead was not something NYC tested for as I learned. Both had long lasting effects. Oldest boy's IQ is 135, would have been at least 5 points higher per all the testers but for the lead-induced ADHD that impacted him. I finally had him diagnosis'ed as Asperger's, which he really isn't, because lead poisoned doesn't give you services in school. daughter was younger and was more affected in her performance IQ, she tested at 154 verbal but "only" 112 in performance. This negatively impacted her in math all through her school career. Oldest boy could never concentrate and, at 22, is finally managing to start maturing. He dropped out of college and now works delivering pizza. My daughter is studying to be a Special Education teacher, in some part because of her struggles with math and my son's issues. Their levels were high but not high enough to require chelation, thankfully. We were told to feed them foods which are high in iron because iron helps leach the lead from the blood and to give them iron supplements as well. Their levels eventually went down. For quite a while, we did monthly testing and then switched to quarterly, biannunally and when they hit puberty, one last test. One thing I learned which was interesting is that lead collects in the femur bone so that until a child is grown (21), if they break the femur, the lead could leak out into the bloodstream so if that happens, the doctors must be informed asap. After that, it's not dangerous. As for Cory and Mandy, they should discuss with their doctor if they need a test. Lead does not impact adults the way it does kids and unless they had a serious, prolonged exposure it probably won't be an issue. If Mandy plans another baby, she should test as I can't remember if lead passes through the placenta. Last thing - I knew my kids were not exposed at my mother in law's but the Health Dept. asked to test there. She agreed. I would have been upset had she refused. Good luck with Mackenzie - I love her name. It's actually difficult child's middle name. [/QUOTE]
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