The Geneticist - Kudos to Mom & Dad

Clare had her appointment with the geneticist today. His role in this whole process is similar to an overseer or coordinator of care. The geneticist follows suggested medical guidelines for children with Williams. He makes sure Clare is being taken care of according to those guidelines. Her other doctors are focused on a particular area, so the geneticist brings these separate areas together to assemble a complete picture of Clare and the manifestation of WS in her. His main words today - "Kudos to Mom & Dad."

This is our bragging post! We are doing a great job with Clare. Even though there are some very tough moments where I doubt my abilities, somewhere deep inside, I really do know that we're doing a great job with Clare. I don't mean to sound all righteous, but I do feel that Shawn and I have coped very well with Clare's multiple diagnoses and managing her care. It showed to the geneticist that we're on top of things, and he was impressed and encouraged with Clare's progress. We were able to answer every question he asked. We've taken care of getting Clare checked out by the necessary doctors, and, other than continuing on our present course of treatment (especially with her heart), there is nothing new we need to be doing for Clare right now.

And good news about Clare's tests results from her endocrine lab work a couple weeks ago - her thyroid levels are only very slightly out-of-range (the endocrinologist feels this is still her body working out the too-high dosage of 12+ weeks), so she's finally on the right dose. Her calcium levels were within range, so she is not hypercalcemia, which means I can continue breastfeeding exclusively and not supplement with any low-calcium formula. Yeah! It's so nice to hear good news for once!