In a message dated 8/30/01 11:43:41 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< I
know his doc's have pooh-poohed me on this worry but his dad's side has the
majority of it;s mean dying of cardiac arrest at young ages or with multiple
by-pass surgeries. So how do i fatten my kid up and not put him at risk?
Joanne >>

Sorry for the misfire: now I weigh 250. Most of the men on both sides of my
family
tended to "baloon up" after 30 years of age. A professor who taught our
seminar in CP always stated, "I have never seen a fat spastic!" That was
because he had had little contact with older CP's. Don't worry about Alex's
cholesterol right now. But as an adult, he might better be careful.

Bobby