Alex was born at 1# 14 oz and slipped down to just
over a pound after his cardiac arrest when he was 3
weeks old( he was 14 weeks premature, missed his whole
last trimester)Weight is an important issue but who
many weeks premature is also important.
Joanne
--- "Elizabeth H. Thiers" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I've got a little one that I work with that was
> smaller than that at birth
> if you can imagine.
>
> Beth T. the OT
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> Bobby G. Greer, Ph.
> D.
> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 12:29 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Ill, Ariz Towns Seek Accessibility
>
>
> In a message dated 3/17/02 1:21:41 AM,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> >Which is why I'm sucking up now.  Why wait for the
> rush?
> >
>     You don't have to suck up, Betty. You are as
> nuts as we are so you are a
> CP(crazy person) LOL
>
> But the survivors of premature births will,
> generally, be a lot more
> involved
> than this bunch. A while back, I was going to lunch
> with a neonatologist and
> ask him what was the smallest one he had seen
> survive and he said proudly he
> worked on one that was 1.5 pounds at birth!
>
> Bobby
>
> Bobby


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