Tara McKinnon - Mar 18, 2008 Almost 6 months old
The insurance finally came through after Dr. Rope (our geneticist) called the medical director. Oddly enough, they didn't contact us to let us know that it had been approved. :( I only found out because I called into bug them. :) Anyway, I took Nathan in to draw his blood for the CGH microarray test. This testing will detect the loss (deletion) or gain (duplication) of chromosomal regions. It is a fairly new test (around since 2004) that allows a more detailed examination of the chromosomes.
If you want to know more about the test, I found a good website that explains it all. http://www.abbottmolecular.com/CGHMicroarrayBasics_35754.asp
They first have to grow the chromosomes before they can do the test. The chromosomes are pretty jumbled up and spread out most of the time. However, they get organized in the X like shape people recognize right before they divide. Then they can split the chromosome for the test.
The important thing is that we will have the results in about 4 weeks. :) So we will just put that on the back burner and concentrate on the ophthalmologist that we will meet with today and the surgery on Monday. :)
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