In a message dated 98-04-24 23:39:57 EDT, NJDoula writes:

> Subj: Re: 16 year old child-reply
>  Date:        98-04-24 23:39:57 EDT
>  From:        NJDoula
>  To:  Nleeguitar
>
>  In a message dated 98-04-24 17:12:44 EDT, you write:
>
>  << Your name was posted on Lactnet today as someone who would be willing to
> share information about a 16-year-old fed formula that was recalled, and the
> drug company is still following the child.
>      I bet you will get a lot of requests. I, for one have many questions.
> What brand of formula was it? What sort of follow-up is being done,i.e. what
> is being studied?
>   Would it be easier for you to wait and make one big post to everybody? I
> don't want to intrude, and I am very interested.
>      I am a lactation consultant, childbirth educator, nurse, and cranio-
> sacral therapist with two daughters. I look forward to hearing from you.
> Warmly, Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, ICCE >>
>
>  Nikki,
>
>  Actually my daughter is 19 and it was a parents group, not the drug company
> that was doing the follow up.  This was part of a class action suit and the
> information they were gathering was to help in that endeavor.  My daughter
> was fortunate in that she only had about 1 or 2 bottles per day of this
> formula (Neo-Mul-Soy) since I was never very good at pumping.  I worked
part-
> time and she would get one or two bottles while I was at work.  Apparently a
> major sodium electrolyte solution was missing from the formula that could
> cause retardation in children that had it as a main diet.  The last survey
> that was sent to us many years ago, actually I think my daughter was either
> 13 or 14 at the time, was looking to see if the child preferred salty foods
> over sweet or sweet over salty.  They were also looking to see if the child
> suffered from any form of learning disability.  My daughter is dyslexic, but
> so is her older sibling who never had this formula.  This was a consumer
> group based in Washington, DC, and if I recall correctly, the name they went
> by was Formula.  If you would like additional information please feel free
to
> contact me again.  You can also feel free to post this to your list.
>
>  Crystal
>  NJDoula