mandamarie
New member
Ok, so I have been reading these forums over the weekend and I decided to finally join. My son is 4.5 years old and has had a ton of medical problems. He was 6.5 weeks early and since then it has been one thing after the other. When he was 6 months old we were sent to Denver Childrens (11 hrs away) for some testing. They did an Upper GI to see if he had reflux asperating to his lungs, which he didn't and a sweat test which they said was negative. (We went because of multiple pnemonias, bronchiolitis and RSV)At that time I really didn't know to much about the testing and so forth. Fast forward to now and he has had non-stop sinus infections and upper respritory infections. One of his DRs have diagnosed Asthma, allergies, nose polyps and immune deficiency. (His IgG was low but he had an injection and now doing fine with that)We went to his specialist for the above on Wednesday and she asked if he had been tested for CF by blood/genetic testing. He has not, so she is doing the testing now wich was sent away to Mayo I believe. She also said there was something wrong with the Platelets in his blood and is testing those. I know some about CF because my cousin has it, but for me it is hard to ask them questions. How long does it usually take to get the results back? What are some good questions to ask if his test comes out positive? Now that I look at his symptoms and everything I have read, it makes me think more and more about him possibly having CF so if it is Negative, what are some questions to ask? I'm just at a loss here and I'm wanting to be informed before I get results so I can be prepared to ask the proper questions to get things moving quicker.
Sorry this is so long, but I had to get it off my chest and ask for help somewhere. This is where I turned. So any and all advice and input would be greatly appreciated!!
Sorry this is so long, but I had to get it off my chest and ask for help somewhere. This is where I turned. So any and all advice and input would be greatly appreciated!!