Please can someone help me.
Does anyone know more about trisomy in chromosomes than I can google?
My DD is about to turn 12. She has had learning difficulties and development delays her whole life, but she's functioning now. Compared to many of the kids I've read about who have extra chromosomes.
She has been waiting for diagnostic testing for adhd and asd, another year to go on the waiting list. She also has sensory issues which include audio processing issues. She's short but her dad and I are both 5'3" so we always expected that. She's very odd, very unique, but I like that she isn't like most people because neither her father or myself are. Quirky and eccentric describes us.
She had a blood test the other month, because her secondary school wondered if she has Prader-wili Syndrome. The geneticists rang me today and said she needs to come and repeat the blood test because they've found an extra chromosome.
However, whilst they didn't say much, they did say they've not seen this before. They said her father and I will probably be asked to.come in and be tested as well (which makes sense now that I've spent 12 hours researching this sort of thing).
I think whatever this is could explain why I miscarried her sibling. Again, according to my research.
So many of the trisomy syndromes have low life expectancy. This has freaked me out.
I guess what I'm asking is, has anyone reading this been through this? It's obvious she isn't Downs Syndrome, Edwards, Kleinfelters. And Turners means being very tall, which she is not. They said they've not see this before.
What's going on. And is there anyone I can talk to? When they rang, I had been napping and was disorientated. I have so many questions now.