Someone wrote:

"Infants under 6 weeks of age can die or sustain permanent neurological
damage from herpes viruses, including herpes simplex I and II."

Thanks for this information.  Does the danger *gradually* fade as the baby
gets older (so one would still be somewhat concerned about, say, a 3 month
old) or does it abruptly stop after six weeks?

Re FLKs -- while people may object to the phrase "funny-looking kids" this
is often used by health care personnel, and, as explained before, refers to
the child without a diagnosed genetic abnormality, but who may very well
have something mild the matter with them; writing "FLK" in a child's chart
is an alert that the child should be watched closely for developmental
disorders.  In addition to FLP (funny-looking parent), you may find "SUP" in
the chart under FLK.  SUP stands for "See the Ugly Parent," which is less
kind, but probably more commonly used.  And remember that simply because the
parent is funny-looking/ugly doesn't mean that the child is fine.  The child
AND the parent may have a mild, undiagnosed, genetic problem that may put
the child at risk for developmental delays.  Never assume that the ugly
parent doesn't also have a problem.

Kathy Dettwyler, parent of an FLK


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