Premature birth is considered one of many factors in CP; it's not the only one. Kat "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > At the time of my birth , I weighed 6 lb. 3 oz. . I wasn't a preemie. Kathy Jo Pink jd wrote: Alex was born at 1# 14 oz and slipped down to justover a pound after his cardiac arrest when he was 3weeks old( he was 14 weeks premature, missed his wholelast trimester)Weight is an important issue but whomany weeks premature is also important.Joanne--- "Elizabeth H. Thiers" 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__________________________________________________Do You Yahoo!?Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coveragehttp://sports.yahoo.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/