Through the Newborn Screening Program, hundreds of Colorado children have received early diagnosis and treatment for conditions that, if untreated, would lead to devastating illness, severe mental retardation, or death. At the hospital, a few drops of blood are drawn from the baby's heel, put on special paper, and sent to the laboratory.
Children become mentally retarded.
Children become very sick, have liver and eye damage, and become mentally retarded. Children do not grow and develop properly, and they become mentally retarded. Sickle Cell Anemia One in every 500 black newborns, less common in other ethic groups. Children have frequent problems with infections, growth, anemia, and recurring episodes of pain. Children have problems with growth and lung infections.