http://www.choicywhiteboy.com/2005/10/just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-get-out-of-the-hospital/ Man. Father. Geek. Husband. Gamer. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:34:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.choicywhiteboy.com/2005/10/just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-get-out-of-the-hospital/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Choicy White Boy » Blog Archive » CF - free Mon, 07 Nov 2005 19:55:30 +0000 /?p=148#comment-71 [...] Newborns get all kinds of screens. One of the ones I had been insisting on was the one for Cystic Fibrosis (CF)—I had an aunt die of CF, and so statistically, I had a pretty good chance to be a CF carrier. When the pediatrician said that we’d get the CF screen at the one month checkup, I thought that she meant that they’d take the blood for the screen then. I guess that it actually meant that it will take that long to get the results. They haven’t drawn blood since That first rough night after our initial hospital discharge. [...] [...] Newborns get all kinds of screens. One of the ones I had been insisting on was the one for Cystic Fibrosis (CF)—I had an aunt die of CF, and so statistically, I had a pretty good chance to be a CF carrier. When the pediatrician said that we’d get the CF screen at the one month checkup, I thought that she meant that they’d take the blood for the screen then. I guess that it actually meant that it will take that long to get the results. They haven’t drawn blood since That first rough night after our initial hospital discharge. [...]

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