Genetic Appt

Emilee had her first Genetics appointment today.  We did really well on the timing for this one so we didn't have long to wait. The appointment lasted right at two hours.  It was mostly just a 'talking' appointment.  They did a family tree on us from our grandparents to our nieces and nephews.  Chance got the easy way out on this one.  I had seven to remember the ages of and he just had Sam. =)  Really the only thing that he noted was that Emilee has a "prominent bridge" which he measured or tried to. Between Emilee wiggling around and his shaky hands I'm sure that measurement was accurate.  Even the Doc joked about it. Which that's just the first Doc...  he's kind of the nurse type person at these appointments.  So he goes out and says that he's going to discuss everything with Dr. Scaglia (who the appointment is actually with) and then they will be back.  They came back with one more.  It's just how things work at TCH, so we are use to that. The hardest part of the appointment was entertaining her for that long. 

Along with the Pierre Robin alot of times there is what's called Stickler's Syndrome.  This is what Emilee is being tested for.  So after the appointment we went down to the lab and waited again.  Of course she fell asleep only to be woken up for a stick.  Poor baby!  She really doesn't mind the sticking part it's the being held down part that makes her mad. So she does quite well. Those lab results will take somewhere between two and four weeks to get the results. So we wait. Other than that they said she 'looks normal' which isn't something they get to say very often in that department. =) She does look 'normal'...  she is completely normal and so much fun, but she's beginning to be a stinker. =)

She loves exam table paper.