First of all, we would like to thank everyone for their kind words. It's a wonderful feeling to know we have such loving, caring and supportive family and friends.
We received the preliminary test results for T13, 18 & 21, they are "unclear" at this time. But, they do show an abnormality with T18 - instead of 3 dots they see 2 1/2 dots. Based on this, they believe the baby does not have "full" Trisomy 18 (non-hereditary type and 95% of T18 patients), but things seem to be leaning towards a "partial" Trisomy 18 (hereditary type and more rare form). Although, the outcome does not change for the baby based on "full or partial" T18. With "partial", our chances for another child with the same condition are high.
The genetic counselor has placed a rush on Ryan and my genetic karyotyping, the results will be back tomorrow instead of 2 weeks. They are hoping our karyotyping will give them the pieces they need to make a diagnosis. My guess is that, I'm a carrier and since "partial" T18 is rare, this is why the dots look "unclear" to the lab. With our information, the genecists will also be able to give us an idea of our chances for having a healthy child in the future.
The full report on the baby's chromosomes will not be back until next week, the placental cells need to grow before the testing can be done. The lab forgot to send the baby's gender to our genetic counselor so tomorrow we will find that out as well as what maybe going on. No matter what they find, the prognosis is poor when a problem is found on chromosome 18.
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