Jim-jams could you help?

[misscutandstick]

or anybody for that matter!

When DS5 had some bloods taken for various testing, the tests for the genetics/chromosome kinda thing (you can see im all up with the terminology!) came back (and i quote) "inconclusive"... what does that mean?

Is it worrying? Is it normal? Did they lose them? Is it possible that although things didnt look 'right', that there was nothing to state a problem? Should I have them done again? (I know for a fact that DS would not be happy going thru it for a 5th time!) But if results show something/nothing, at least perhaps we would be a step nearer to knowing whats wrong? ooooh i dont know....

What does "inconclusive" mean, and what should i do about it?

sorry can't help but my dd has just had her bloods done for this so will wait with baited breath for the results and see what others advise you. Surely diagnosis isn't just down to this as otherwise it would be the first thing they would do? We're down as positive for autism/adhd and opposition defiance.

Did they say what they were looking for? It depends a bit on which type of test they were doing.

My guess would be that either they need more tests to pinpoint something, or they messed up the sample or they couldn't see what they were looking for so can't say one way or another.

Sorry I never worked in a human genetics lab so I don't know anything about how these things get reported to the patient.

I've had an inconclusive before for a smear test- and it was just a messed up sample.....

I would ring paed or genetic counsellor (better choice if you have one I suspect) and ask what it means.

i asked the Paed who gave me the half hearted answer at the time. His oppinion was that nothing was going to be found anyway.... so why bother again?

Im convinced that he is Austic/PDD in some degree, definately on the spectrum somewhere. he is gorgeous (of course!) and the paed just smiles at us and tells us theres nothing wrong....

I KNOW THERE IS! hes got a major amount of the 'red flags' and even the SALT suspects there is a problem. and... well... hes just plain ODD. lovely with it of course! but i could name probably 20-30 little things that just dont seem right ( I have 5 children in total, and this one just doesnt seem altogether 'right').

The Paed is lovely and the blood tests were just the run of the mill tests (im sure). but when im talking to him, he kinda makes me feel that im wishing something on the poor little mite! Ive seen him since DS was 3mths (failure to thrive) and NOT ONCE has he ever asked me what it is that bothers me. I have tried a couple of times but he just says "hes a lovely little lad, and you can see when somethings not right... and hes fine - theres nothing wrong"

Sorry to ramble

maybe i should grow a backbone and insist he be checked for it... (but i rather suspect he will tell me that hes far too young to test and anyway theres nothing wrong!) grrr at him, and GRR at me!

thanks for replies girls, it means a lot to me that you listen - especially when i ramble!

How old is he misscut?

2y/o

(sorry for the long response time... epic story, involving an extremely hot jug of beans, Dots head and arm, his prized blanket, a meltdown over the washing machine, and a tortuous bath and hairwash)

Hope he is unhurt! ( And you of course!)

yes, thanks for asking, hes fine not a mark on him... but he was less impressed with the cool water bathing than the beans themselves (he has a very high pain threshold - but hates getting wet). Hes a quick healer too. But the icing on the cake that really polished him off and sent him over the edge was spotting his bestest thing (blanket) in the washing machine.

Thats good he is unhurt - you must have done a good job with the cool water!
Ds spent a few days in a burns SCU after a little incident at the same age! He was frantic at baths for a while after as I put him in a cool tub as he was covered - so I think he blamed the bath! No permanent affects though!!