Re: Birth defect legal question

From: Barborza@aol.com
Mon Jan 31 10:21:39 2005


In a message dated 1/31/2005 9:22:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, evsono@pipeline.com writes:

and some that will be diagnosed later in life than >birth.

I know that from experience. My daughter was diagnosed with Friedreich's Ataxia at age 9 after showing neuro symptoms for 4 years. There was no gene test then (1986) as there is today, so diagnosis took a long time and many, many tests. I always tell patients that we could do every test known to medicine and there still could be something wrong with their child. There are no guarantees. I just cringe when people say "we don't care what sex the baby is as long as it's OK (read, perfect). What are you going to do if it isn't - give it away? I'd give anything to have my daughter back - she died from a PE at age 24 in 2001.

Barbara Orza, CNM Atlanta





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