2007 January « Aria MacDonald

Aria’s DNA has been overseas being testing to find the spelling mistake that cause her condition.  Our hope was that they would find the spelling mistake and that it would prove not to have come from Hamish and I.  Today we found out that it is very unlikely that her condition has come from us. 

Not much to report on the medical side of things this week.  Aria did have some of her hardware (as our nurse calls it) changed this week.  Not a major, just the little plastic bit that help drains her tummy.  It didn’t work so well so we changed back.
 I thought I would take the opportunity [...]

In about a months time Aria’s kidneys will be scanned again.  This is a big deal.  The outcome of the scan will hopefully give us the information we need to decide the timing of transplant.  If they are in a good state i.e have grown since the last scan and are an ok size then transplant [...]

…seven months old today!! We can’t believe it Only 5 months and she will be one and what a celebration that will be.
Happy new year!