Tuesday, February 22, 2011

TOF Study

I got a letter in the mail asking if Anniek could be in a research study to see if the timing of the surgicail repair of TOF affects how children learn and process information when they are older. I think it will be an interesting study. They are comparing 2 groups...Children that underwent the surgical repair when they were less then 28 days old (which is the group that Anniek fits into) and children that underwent the surgical repair when they were between 4 and 6 months old. I got the letter about the study about 3 weeks before I got the phone call to see if Anniek could participate...I was waiting for them to call to find out so that I could set the time of the study for when I had my reading week...but seeing as it is reading week now I am setting it for when we were in Toronto anyway for her cath. I am also happy that I will be getting a report about Anniek's performance in the study!!! The results of the study will be interesting when they have them too.