In a message dated 6/19/00 4:25:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< So now she's had diarrhea, with an occasional day of improvement just
 to return to that awful green, mucusy, foaming, liquid stuff --- for
 five weeks. She's not gaining weight, and she seems traumatized by the
 idea of nursing, sometimes she seems to hate it."
  >>
,
    My name is Jan Ellen Brown in Charlotte, NC and I am a retired LLL leader
and now hospital based IBCLC.
    One red flag I saw in your letter is the continued diarrhea and slow
weight gain by this baby.  This can certainly be the effects of a highly
allergic child but also a sign of a condition called cystic fibrosis.
    My own daughter has CF and NEVER had colds, coughs etc. but had green,
foaming, mucousy stools from 5 months on.  She was not diagnosed until she
was 3!!
    I would not scare the mom about this but I would consider it a possible,
and sad, possible piece of the puzzle.
    I am in between swim meets tonight but will be back later if you have
specific questions for me.
    Jan Ellen Brown

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