Newborn Pandra at the Hospital, image from Flickr user Jenny Lee Silver. Used under Creative Commons License 2.0.
Charlotte had a positive immune reactive trypsin (IRT) result on Newborn Screening and her sample was further processed to find 2 delta F508 mutations in CF Gene (delta F508 homozygous) on genotyping. She is now under the care of the Paediatric respiratory team with her parents.
An important part of long term management is monitoring feeding and growth. Charlotte is exclusively breastfed at present and feeds every 2-3 hours. She opens her bowels up to 8 times a day, the stool is yellow with a mustard seed appearance and not oily.