Hello, Shawn is 10 and has no official diagnosis. Just lots of labels. He
has dysmorphic facial features, short fingers, epilepsy (under control
w/Felbatol), hypertonia, "legally" blind with nystagmus, non-verbal,
tactile defensive autistic like and that R word. He had surgery for reflux 2
years ago. He started walking on his own at age 9.Shawn also loves music
Everything appears normal even his brain. He has however stopped growing.

We did 5 hours of testing with the endocrinologist and that all came out
normal. I went to a allergist who only did scratch tests. Seems as soon as I
mentioned we were seeing the GI his eyes glazed over. Shawn is having a
another enscopic exam next week. They are also going up his butt (what is
the word for that?) He was passing mucous the other day and does not have a
cold. The GI mentioned this disorder where the top of the villa are not
absorbing the carbohydrates. He also mentioned he did not go done that far
into his intestines when he did the exam in 97. Let me know if you need
more. I tend to forgot everything.

Kathy
----- Original Message -----
From: <LGHARE@...>
To: <iem-family@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: [iem-family] growth


> What is Shawn's diagnosis? Is he "normal" or does he have an organic
> acidemia disease? My son has Methylmalonic Acidemia and he is wayyyyyy
under
> the chart at 11 years. Write back.
>