Monday, January 5, 2009

Good news today

We saw Dr. Seashore again at Yale today for a follow-up to Jack's positive genetic test for Angelman Syndrome. She took a look back at Jack's medical records from his stay at John Dempsey and went on to tell us something very surprising. She believes that the doctors at John Dempsey diagnosed Jack with HIE (a form of brain damage) because they were looking for a cause of his high tone and behavior in light of having a breathing problem at birth. However, Dr. Seashore thinks that Jack's MRI and CT scan were actually in the range of normal for a newborn baby. She expressed how difficult it is to read these scans on such a young infant. She went on to say that she does not think Jack EVER suffered any brain damage.

What an amazing piece of news! It is AMAZING to think that my body didn't cause Jack any harm.

Dr. Seashore told us that the cerebral palsy diagnosis was essentially null and void. Jack has Angelman Syndrome. Period.