An Unexpected Outcome

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Congenital hypothyroidism is a condition affecting the function of the thyroid gland, and can be detected in the newborn screening test. A diagnosis can be scary and confronting. This story is about what the diagnosis meant for us.

Congenital hypothyroidism is a condition affecting the function of the thyroid gland, and can be detected in the newborn screening test. A diagnosis can be scary and confronting. This story is about what the diagnosis meant for us.

An Unexpected Outcome is about the newborn screening test and receiving an unexpected diagnosis of congenital hypothyroidism. It aims to give a voice to those affected by a diagnosis, but at the centre of it all the message in this book highlights the importance of the newborn screening test/heel prick test