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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 308660" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">She must be having symptoms of CF if they are leaning that way as opposed to food allergies and Crohns. Has she always had difficulty with breathing, fluid in her lungs, etc? </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">My sister in law's family has a history of CF and before my brother and his wife had children, they had blood tests done to see if there was a chance their kids could have CF - thankfully, it came back negative on my brother's end and so they went on to have 4 healthy kids. But my sister in law lost a brother at the age of 2 and her closest sister at the age of 18. Her cousin had a lung transplant a few years ago and is now over 40 and doing very well. There has been a lot of research and development in the cure for CF. I think there is much promise for your niece should this be the diagnosis. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: royalblue"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">I have two sisters and a niece who have celiacs. And by the age of two, when the DR's couldn't figure out what was wrong with my niece because she simply was not growing (her head was so obviously disproportionate to her body!). Finally, they brought in my sister and her H and tested them and my sister's came back positive. They then tested my niece and she came back positive. When testing for celiac, they begin with a blood test, but the most definitive test is done by sampling the villi of the intestine/colon. Once <span style="color: royalblue">my niece was put on an appropriate diet, she began to thrive and catch up to her peers - she's doing wonderfully now as long as she sticks to the diet, which is not as prohibitive as it sometimes seems!</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">Many many prayers being sent your way!</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 308660, member: 2211"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]She must be having symptoms of CF if they are leaning that way as opposed to food allergies and Crohns. Has she always had difficulty with breathing, fluid in her lungs, etc? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]My sister in law's family has a history of CF and before my brother and his wife had children, they had blood tests done to see if there was a chance their kids could have CF - thankfully, it came back negative on my brother's end and so they went on to have 4 healthy kids. But my sister in law lost a brother at the age of 2 and her closest sister at the age of 18. Her cousin had a lung transplant a few years ago and is now over 40 and doing very well. There has been a lot of research and development in the cure for CF. I think there is much promise for your niece should this be the diagnosis. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=royalblue][SIZE=4][FONT=Comic Sans MS]I have two sisters and a niece who have celiacs. And by the age of two, when the DR's couldn't figure out what was wrong with my niece because she simply was not growing (her head was so obviously disproportionate to her body!). Finally, they brought in my sister and her H and tested them and my sister's came back positive. They then tested my niece and she came back positive. When testing for celiac, they begin with a blood test, but the most definitive test is done by sampling the villi of the intestine/colon. Once [COLOR=royalblue]my niece was put on an appropriate diet, she began to thrive and catch up to her peers - she's doing wonderfully now as long as she sticks to the diet, which is not as prohibitive as it sometimes seems![/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]Many many prayers being sent your way![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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