YAY! Good news!
Megan really is totally fine, and as far as the Galactosemia thing, she always will be fine. She can eat ice cream and grilled cheese sandwhiches and whatever else she wants, and she'll be HEALTHY. :)
Even if Curt and I BOTH carry the Galctosemia gene, we'd only have a 25% chance of having a baby with full blown Galactosemia. Only one of us passed the gene on to her, which means her body is only making half the enzymes to break down Galactose. But half is enough. :) The thing that really made me feel better, is that the doctor said that Curt or I have been living our lives with only half the enzymes, and we're both fine, and so Megan will be fine too. Is this making sense? I feel like I'm babbling and not getting to the point.
I asked the doctor why if Curt or I have the gene, why our newborn screening tests didn't show up weird, and she said it's because the test is designed to only find the full blown Galactosemia cases- not just the carriers, but occasionally it'll pick up the carriers as well as the full blown Galactosemia cases. So basically, it was just a fluke, and I got just what I wanted- a promise that Megan is fine, and we can put all of this behind us. She even said it's not even something we ever have to think about again- her next pediatrician doesn't even need to know about it. :)
To top it all off, we bought a crapload of stuff at Target, went out to dinner, ANNNNNNND had frozen custard (which I had always wanted to try). I'm the luckiest girl in the world.
Even if Curt and I BOTH carry the Galctosemia gene, we'd only have a 25% chance of having a baby with full blown Galactosemia. Only one of us passed the gene on to her, which means her body is only making half the enzymes to break down Galactose. But half is enough. :) The thing that really made me feel better, is that the doctor said that Curt or I have been living our lives with only half the enzymes, and we're both fine, and so Megan will be fine too. Is this making sense? I feel like I'm babbling and not getting to the point.
I asked the doctor why if Curt or I have the gene, why our newborn screening tests didn't show up weird, and she said it's because the test is designed to only find the full blown Galactosemia cases- not just the carriers, but occasionally it'll pick up the carriers as well as the full blown Galactosemia cases. So basically, it was just a fluke, and I got just what I wanted- a promise that Megan is fine, and we can put all of this behind us. She even said it's not even something we ever have to think about again- her next pediatrician doesn't even need to know about it. :)
To top it all off, we bought a crapload of stuff at Target, went out to dinner, ANNNNNNND had frozen custard (which I had always wanted to try). I'm the luckiest girl in the world.