Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Birmingham trip and news on Keelie's bloodwork
My mom and I decided to take a trip to Birmingham today. We wanted to try to do a little bit of shopping and go to Costco. We had been in Birmingham about an hour and I got a call from Dr. Ward, the genetist. She told me Keelie has a chromosome disorder. She said it is a duplication of chromosome 7. So what does this mean? Who knows and to this date I still don't know everything I would like to know about it. She told me it is a minor duplication and the two main issues are autistic spectrum disorders and speech delay. We all know Keelie does have speech delays and if you know Keelie you know she does not have any type of autism. Although, she was tested for autism just to rule it out. Today was not a good day. I just wanted some good news. Dr. Ward told me that we need to look at this as getting answers, the pieces to the puzzle and not to look at it as another problem. That is hard to do because you never want anything to be wrong with your child. We all love her so much and will do anything to help her. Dr. Ward also wants Josh and I to be tested to determine if she could have received this from either one of us. If she did then Cayden and Ryland need to be tested as well. Before I hung the phone up with the Dr. she told me she was going to have to research the disorder a little because it is very rare and she didn't know much about it. She told me she would do some research on it and write me a letter explaining things a little better. Hopefully we are getting answers or will soon get answers. Right now we will just love her with all our heart and do what is best for Keelie.
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