Wish us luck for today!!!! UPDATE

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Wish us luck for today!!!! UPDATE

UPDATE:
DH, me and DS went to the Dr. They did a physical eval of EJ. EJ has no physical signs of autism whatsoever. Apparently some kids do. I did not know that. Like skin lesions, etc..

In short, DS will take a blood test and they will do genetic testing on it. It usually only sees about 25% max of any possible issues. The genetic counselor had told me 4 weeks. Well, the Dr. said 6-8 weeks to get the results. The test is becoming very "popular" and it's in high demand.

IF DS tests positive, then DH and I would be tested also. If we test positive, then our chance of having another child with autism is 50/50. That's pretty high. The Dr. said that we could have a gene/chromosone issue, either DH or me, and be very healthy. It just did not get triggered and plenty of people have issues they don't know about. So that would take another 6-8 weeks for our results.

IF DS tests negative, we (DS) would have to go to Boston (or they would send tests to Boston... not sure anymore, the guy lost me a few times). It's a very in depth test. EVEN more than the micro array test done with the bloodtest. Most likely we need pre-approval from our insurance (no way of knowing how long that would take just for the pre-approval). I did not even bother to ask how it would take to get the results. That test only covers another 10% to catch anything genetic related.

DH and I left a bit defeated. We are going to do the bloodtest for DS. Then see how it goes depending on his results. DH and I really thought that if we are going to have another child, it would be this year. Next year, my risks will be even higher for the risks of "general" chromosone issues. So our chance for down synd. would increase. I would not just have to worry about autism. It's a bit draining just thinking about it. We think it might take about 6 months to do all the testing. Way longer than we thought we would have started TTC for #2.Anyway, lots of food for thoughts.

Just so people don't MISUNDERSTAND. This is NOT a test that you just ask your PED to do if you feel your child is behind on milestones. You probably can. But people who do those tests already have a child diagnosed by a Developmental Dr. or a psychologist.

I just wanted to share our journey, DH, EJ and me together during his therapies and trying to "regain" some normalcy in our life. Whether it means we only have DS or not. We are trying to make sure that we don't divert our attention from EJ if we can "avoid" having a child that would require special needs too like our dear son. We want to make sure EJ does not "suffer" from the decision of having another child if that child needed as much if not more therapies than DS has already. Not that we can guarantee anything in life (obviously!!!!).

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We are seeing a medical geneticist today for DS. The Dr. only flies to the US twice a month from Colombia (the Country!). Luckily DH is a great actor and BEGGED for him to see us before the next available appt which was in the Fall.

This visit might very well determine if EJ will be a brother or not.

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