Hello everyone! My name is Laurin and my daughter, Mary Elizabeth, was diagnosed with achondroplasia. All of my ultrasounds were read as normal. So, as you...
This is AMy - I am finalizing the montage for Dr Scott's retirement gift! If anyone wants their little one to be in it please please email me the photo by ...
Hello Laurin, My name is Reenea' (Rene). You will get to know me here as Nick. My daughter, Emma is going to be 5 next Saturday. She has achondroplasia. We...
Hello everyone, Last night, my son Rayme had a baseball game & we all went like we usually do. There were 2 little girls there playing with their Barbies &...
Hi, I'm Lita Mom to Amelia who will have Evan,(Achon) very soon. I also have another Daughter, Amanda who is mildly retarded & is bipolar. By looking at her...
Nick, To be honest, this brought back memories of junior high when I was left out just because I wore more make up and had a perm (ok, I was awful, and went...
Hello my name is Angela(achon). I just found out about a week ago the my 15 month old daughter Haley, who is also achon, needs tubes possibly in both ears....
Dan Kennedy may be better qualified to speak about this, but it is my understanding that fluid behind the ears can cause some hearing loss which results in...
I agree that parents should be told if their children are acting badly. I for one would want to know because I feel it is my job as the mother to make sure...
Rachel, Thank you for your reply. Actually, yes those girls did know Emma's real age because we told them. But honestly I don't think that her age mattered to...
Angela, My daughter, Emma (almost 5 achon) has had 2 sets of tubes. Both times the surgery took about 10-15 minutes. Emma woke up real fast both times & was...
Kim, Thanks for your reply. I plan on telling the girls parents on Thursday about what happened. I think as Emma's parent, I am responsible for informing those...
Hi Nick! Thanks for welcoming me to the group. I am so excited I have some other parents to talk to. My husband is leaving in three weeks for Iraq and he...
Hi Angela, I just want to echo what others have said. My son, Andrew, got his first set of tubes at age 2.5. Mind you, he never once had an ear infection. What...
My child is a 2yr old SED-C, she has has 3 sets now because she was born with a cleft palate. It was repaired at 9mos and the first set put in. For tubes they...
Angela, As others have said, getting tubes doesn't take very long. You'll likely spend more time waiting in the prep room with Haley than you will sitting in...
As the grandparent of a one year old LP, I find the Roloff show interesting and educational. It gives me insight as to what may come for our little person...
Hello, Okay, I have a tough question. What do you say to someone who is mentally challenged about the M word? We just bought a house on Thursday & the people...
Mike, I understand that your aim is to be thorough, not merely contrarian. You're right to question what seems to be a conventional approach, regardless of...
...a correction... The article I mentioned in my previous post talked about a set of children younger than three years old with persistent otitis media who ...
In this case, you need to get a thicker skin, Nick. You corrected the mentally challenged lady and that's the most that you can do right now. As to why you...
Hi Nick, I think you handled the question just right! The question is a common one we've encountered from people of all ages and mental capacities. We...
My name is Becky and my son David(1 year Achon) had tubes put in at 7 months, it only took about 10-15 minutes and everything went fine. We talked with our ENT...
Laurin, I have tried to email you at this adres you left in Basje's guestbook but I got my mail back. You asked about th echair - we got it, or rather -...
Thank you very much for getting back with me. I will try and see if her physical therapist has heard of this chair. It looks great!! Her physical therapist...
Hi Angela, My 12 month old achon foster daughter is having tubes put in on Oct 6th and her adenoids removed at the same time. I'm very apprehensive about...
Hello Angela, My daughter Shelby had tubes put in both ears when she was around 15 months old. I also never noticed any earaches either. Put we ha done...
All good suggestions, Lori -- I especially liked your idea about developing an activity where the other children are invited to join in. That's always a great...
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