When Your X is Fragile
So today was supposed to be a normal day.
Just Simon's yearly checkup. Simon almost never gets really sick, so it's been a whole year. He's still in the 95% for height, 90% for weight. He did good in the appointment.
The the doctor and I talked about Dan and I having a baby, and she brought up the Fragile X Chromosome testing again. We blew it off when the other doctor mentioned it, figuring we are fine because we'll be swapping out biological fathers, and Simon seems like a chip off his Dad's block, for good and for bad.
But the doctor said Fragile X would be carried by me. And the test isn't a shot in the dark like the Down's test. If they test your baby for it, your baby probably has it. Although the baby probably wouldn't be more severe than Simon.
When I talked to Dan about it, almost in tears, he said, "we could have another Simon. That would be OK."
He's a great guy.
So anyway, they are going to test Simon. If he's negative for fragile X, it's case closed. But if not.... I think Dan and I will still look to conceive. In.... 70 some days. One more thing to be stressed out about. There are some folk kits you can do to try to tip the scales and make a girl, which would be one way to avoid the fragile X problem. Girls don't really get fragile X, being XX they seem to (metaphorically) borrow what's missing from the fragile X from their extra X.
But it hurt the day. I think Simon's IQ is too high for Fragile X, which is at highest an average IQ. That's what the neuro developmental ped said. Our regular doc said he didn't have the look. But with Fragile X, there are lots of exceptions, so everyone wants to make sure. We'll just have to see what the test shows.
Simon and I played all evening, until late at night. He can blow his train whistle now. And we played with his blocks with letters, having me spell words, like "sink" and "poo" and" light", "gramma" and "drain". He realized that every word could be spelled and he was very excited. It was a Helen Keller moment.
Simon did great at his birthday party, there were probably 16 people there, but it was very peaceful and sweet. Simon was well prepped, we had drawn a schedule a few days before. And everyone, Simon included, loved how structured the party was. We had a free play, then a singing lady, (who Simon knows and loves from school), then cake, then the pinata, then pin the tail on the donkey, then everyone went home.
Simon is 4. He's an amazing kid. He was such a tough guy getting his shots today. He is not afraid. It's me who's afraid.
K
Just Simon's yearly checkup. Simon almost never gets really sick, so it's been a whole year. He's still in the 95% for height, 90% for weight. He did good in the appointment.
The the doctor and I talked about Dan and I having a baby, and she brought up the Fragile X Chromosome testing again. We blew it off when the other doctor mentioned it, figuring we are fine because we'll be swapping out biological fathers, and Simon seems like a chip off his Dad's block, for good and for bad.
But the doctor said Fragile X would be carried by me. And the test isn't a shot in the dark like the Down's test. If they test your baby for it, your baby probably has it. Although the baby probably wouldn't be more severe than Simon.
When I talked to Dan about it, almost in tears, he said, "we could have another Simon. That would be OK."
He's a great guy.
So anyway, they are going to test Simon. If he's negative for fragile X, it's case closed. But if not.... I think Dan and I will still look to conceive. In.... 70 some days. One more thing to be stressed out about. There are some folk kits you can do to try to tip the scales and make a girl, which would be one way to avoid the fragile X problem. Girls don't really get fragile X, being XX they seem to (metaphorically) borrow what's missing from the fragile X from their extra X.
But it hurt the day. I think Simon's IQ is too high for Fragile X, which is at highest an average IQ. That's what the neuro developmental ped said. Our regular doc said he didn't have the look. But with Fragile X, there are lots of exceptions, so everyone wants to make sure. We'll just have to see what the test shows.
Simon and I played all evening, until late at night. He can blow his train whistle now. And we played with his blocks with letters, having me spell words, like "sink" and "poo" and" light", "gramma" and "drain". He realized that every word could be spelled and he was very excited. It was a Helen Keller moment.
Simon did great at his birthday party, there were probably 16 people there, but it was very peaceful and sweet. Simon was well prepped, we had drawn a schedule a few days before. And everyone, Simon included, loved how structured the party was. We had a free play, then a singing lady, (who Simon knows and loves from school), then cake, then the pinata, then pin the tail on the donkey, then everyone went home.
Simon is 4. He's an amazing kid. He was such a tough guy getting his shots today. He is not afraid. It's me who's afraid.
K
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