[tri-med] Re: Genetics 104 - Testing

so you do have other children Gina
-----Original Message-----
From: Karen Schuler <karens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, May 31, 2001 9:50 PM
Subject: [tri-med] Re: Genetics 104 - Testing


>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "gina L Anderson"
>> I'm still thing of being tested, about the other children i thing I'm
>going
>> to wait until thy are older,
>
>Gina,
>Of all the different types of trisomies, mosaicism is the least likely to
be
>inherited. In fact most geneticists consider it impossible..........
>As far as testing other children in the family, I opted to explain the
risks
>to my other children, but essentially let them decide about testing when
>they wanted to have children. Some people prefer not to know the risks,
>others (like me) need to know everything. Neither is right or wrong and I
>just felt my children had the right to make those decisions for
>themselves..........
>I was tested for my own peace of mind, but I understood that the likliehood
>of them finding anything was practically nil. And thats what the end result
>was. I can't blame my own craziness and insanity on my chromosomes :-))
>
>A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have
no
>roses.
>
>Keep Looking for Rainbows!!!
>Karen, Mum to Alex (6, T-18 mosaic)
>Sydney, Australia
>http://members.optushome.com.au/karens
>http://www.trisomyonline.org
>
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