I took Slurpee for her genetics follow up last week. They had sent the report to us, but it was in medicalese and darn if I could tell what it all meant.

Basically, I have an abnormality on chromosome 22 that I never knew about. I passed that on to her. Simply because of the way she looked when she was born they did genetic testing and found this abnormality.

The simple explanation is that she and I have extra material on chromosome 22. The extra material is not linked to any syndromes that the medical community knows about at this time. They would be more concerned if she were missing material. Knowing that I have lived this long with the same abnormality and seem to have no problems (insert jokes here) there is no reason to believe that she will grow up with no problems.

She was checked out by one full fledged genetic counselor, one full fledged genetic doctor, one nurse, and four med students. It was fun. I love watching the students learn. It helps me learn more about all the medical stuff. Very helpful.

I’m glad to be able to go back to being a normal, healthy family.