My 14 mo old son is being tested at the end of the week for cystic fibrosis. He is having a sweat test done at an accredited center. Basically, he has been sick since December with various colds, coughs and ear infections. It has been non-stop. When he is well, the wet cough is still there lingering. It never goes away. Over the last few months I have noticed that he has mucous in his poops. His poops have a sheen to it, but not the grease pools people talk about with CF kids. His poops are yellow/green in color, stinky, and sometimes loose, but usually he seems constipated and struggles to go. Not sure if this matters, but when he was born he struggled to pass his first stool so after 48 hours, they had to put some glycerine in him to make him go...he finally did.
So, the ped ordered a sweat test to rule it out. His growth has been fine and followed the curve, but I have noticed he has not gained much at all in the last 2 months...maybe 2-4 ounces. He is in the 75% for height and weight. It is really too soon to see if he is dropping percentiles so I am not sure there. For what it is worth, he did pass his newborn screen. I will be shocked if it comes back positive. But I read the symptoms around here and that many have had the newborn screen wrong and I worry more.
Any thoughts?
So, the ped ordered a sweat test to rule it out. His growth has been fine and followed the curve, but I have noticed he has not gained much at all in the last 2 months...maybe 2-4 ounces. He is in the 75% for height and weight. It is really too soon to see if he is dropping percentiles so I am not sure there. For what it is worth, he did pass his newborn screen. I will be shocked if it comes back positive. But I read the symptoms around here and that many have had the newborn screen wrong and I worry more.
Any thoughts?