Scottie

No donor milk story I'm afraid, but I had a 
client whose second child was discovered to have 
a primary immune deficiency after she had weaned 
him.  He suffered repeated ear infections and and 
hospitalizations for pneumonia but had remained 
fairly healthy during breastfeeding.  Once the 
diagnosis was made, the mom succeeded in 
re-lactating for him.  The interval between 
weaning and relactation had been too long for the 
baby to be willing to resume nursing, so he was 
breastmilk-fed with about 400 ml of mom's EBM 
every day.  His health improved enormously, but 
after about 6 months, mom let things 
slide.  Infections returned, so she relactated 
again, and once again his health improved until 
she stopped expressing for him when he was about 
2 years of age.  He died of Hodgkins Lymphoma 
aged about two and a half.  A really sad scenario 
to work with, and the mom had been so gallant in 
relactating twice for him.  She never regretted it.

Pamela Morrison IBCLC
Rustington, England
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Date:    Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:19:00 -0700
From:    Scotti Weintraub <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: donor milk to boost toddler immune system?

I'm on the board of the NW Mothers Milk Bank - 
and we've been working for several years to 
develop a donor milk bank here in Portland. Â But 
I'm looking for specific information / references 
/ stories on a specific topic around donor milk. 
Here's the situation: Â 4 year old - has 
struggled chronic infections, colds, etc. and has 
had MANY repeated rounds of antibiotics. Â Mom 
was not able to breastfeed her due to previous 
surgeries. Â As a baby had failure to thrive due 
to severe reflux. Â Many repeated visits to 
immunologists, allergiest and ENT. Â She suffers 
from a slow to progress immune system and is not 
technically "immune compromised". Â  Latest 
strategy is to remove her adenoids and culture 
her sinuses to see if she has resistances. Does 
anyone have stories or specific references to 
share of donor milk being used on a 
toddler/preschooler to boost their immune system? 
 Obviously in a 4 year old this would mean 
drinking it in a smoothie or something similar. 
  Thanks for your help! Scotti Weintraub 
Secretary NW Mothers Milk Bank www.nwmmb.org

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