Letter from Mary
The following is a copy of an article that was written by Mary
Nasfell and placed into the Even
Exchange Newsletter.
FROM MARY
I received your newsletter, and
found the information in the article by Dr. John Graham both
interesting and helpful. It might interest you to know that my
Son, who was diagnosed
with amniocentesis before birth as 47-XXY, has very few of the
problems you mention.
Though he was slow to speak, not until around the age of 2, he is
the youngest of three
siblings, and some of the delay was due to the fact that he
didn't have to speak!
He has been IQ tested and coordination tested, and scored very
high on both, about 126 IQ.
He is quiet and mellow compared to his sisters, but certainly has
never backed
away from a fray! In fact, he is less shy than one of his sisters
and since turning five,
has become quite a bit more rambunctious. He seems to have quite
a reasonable
attention span, especially as compared to his siblings, and
though he has bit his nails on
occasion, it doesn't seem to be an ongoing problem, not is he
doing it now. Loud noise did
seem to bother him more than it did the girls, but he has seemed
to adjust and grow more
used to it. He does get tried and crabby too, but again, no more
than his sisters.
I too read all the literature after my fetus was diagnosed with
Klinefelter's and was horrified
by it. Truly, I feel that not knowing would have been more of a
blessing than to
watch and worry over things that simply have not occurred to my
son. Because I am
aware of the problem, I will keep abreast of what is going on
with it, but to some extent
have to say that I see none of the problems I read about in your
newsletter. Nor do I see
any positive letters like mine being published. I thought you
might like to know that
not all children have the problems you talk about.
Sincerely,
Mary Nasfell
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