Birth

- 33 week premature, measured by ultrasound at 10 weeks for date of delivery
- In NICU for 23 days, apnea of prematurity, trouble feeding (poor suck and swallow reflex), jaundice umbilical hernia camptadactaly (fine motor issues)

 

Build / Stature

- Slow weight gain  (at 18ths was 20 lbs, 78 inches, 44cm head size)

Head

- Microcephaly (normal at birth)
- Trigoncephaly

Ears

- Low set ears

Eyes

- Wears glasses..focusing problems/far sighted
- Droopy eyelids

Teeth

- Delayed tooth eruption as well as not in normal order

Skin

- Eczema

Upper Limb

- Long tapering fingers

Lower Limb

- Flat feet

Respitory System

- Asthma

Alimentary Tract

- Slow Gastric Emptying
- Reflux
-gastric ulcer

Neurological Functional

- Sensory issues
- Increased tone in ankles, legs, forearms
- Speech delay (makes sounds, no babbling)
- Developmental delay
- Poor tongue movement, horizontal smile
- Possible oral apraxia
- Motor delay (not walking at 21 mths)
- Decreased ability to supinate arms
- Waves arms when excited

Laboratory Test and Findings

- Bone survey normal
- CT and MRI at 8 months normal
- Urine organic acids normal
- Normal female karotypes
- Fragile x ---- normal
- FISH --- normal
- Swallow study ordered (cannot eat lumpy food but will eat hard food that will melt in mouth..will pocket food by gums and teeth)

Contact: Jenny mom to Emily at jenniferrooker@cox.net

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