Good News for the baby! No Fabry's Disease!

The happy family of BaoDi!

After more testing at NTU Hospital, little BaoDi, the newborn I wrote about November 16, 2006, does not have Fabry's Disease! The disease, passed on by the X-Chromosome painted an unfortunate future for the boy. The blood anylises was correct but the conclusions were incorrect. After testing of the parents it was impossible for the baby to have the disease. The hospital has adjusted its proceedures as a result of this case. BaoDi is very happy that no other parents have to go through this. I think parents rock! How do you do it?

This is what the child would have had to go through if he did have it.

"Symptoms usually begin during childhood or adolescence and include burning sensations in the hands that gets worse with exercise and hot weather and small, raised reddish-purple blemishes on the skin. Some boys will also have eye manifestations, especially cloudiness of the cornea. Lipid storage may lead to impaired arterial circulation and increased risk of heart attack or stroke. The heart may also become enlarged and the kidneys may become progressively involved. Other symptoms include decreased sweating, fever, and gastrointestinal difficulties, particularly after eating."

However, it's a false alarm! He'll be able to have a fair shot at a "normal" life. Whew.