Wish us luck for today!!!! UPDATE

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Re: Wish us luck for today!!!! UPDATE

Posted by lbelle821

I'm glad you posted this because a few weeks ago I was actually going to FM you to ask you if they ever ran any bloodwork on your DS for chromosonal testing.

We saw the neurologist a few weeks ago to discuss his delays. While he did rule out anything on the spectrum for us he still sent us for a battery of bloodtests to see if there are any chromosonal issues going on. I didn't have an amnio when I was pg. We did the tests two weeks ago and are still waiting (he told us it would be around a month). They did a basic CBC, lead test, chromonal micro array, and fragile-x. So far all I know is lead came back ok.

What the doctor told me that these particular tests really only have a 5% chance of identifying any underlying genetic issues that may have caused my sons delays. I'm not sure if maybe because he already doesn't think it is autism is why the odds went down??? He basically told me that most likely it will go unexplained.

But he did mention that it was important for planning another child although I don't think this has altered our decision to have another....but I do know our situations are very different and I could totally understand why this feels so completely unresolved for you.

Once i get all of my son's results I'm very eager to understand what is was they tested for specifically. And then see what they say in terms of having another.

Thanks for sharing

I had an amnio while PG with DS.

What was "confusing" today is that until today EVERYBODY told us that autism was a gene issue and was NOT a chromosone issue so it could not have been detected with the amnio.

What the medical geneticist told us is that the amnio is really a basic chromosone test. It's not really in depth like some genetic test. So they really are looking at chromosones when they will test DS with a bloodtest.

Posted 7/10/09 8:52 PM