More answered prayers

Our pediatrician called today to tell us that she had gotten the results of Anderson's chromosome testing. Those of you who have been praying and following this story won't be surprised to hear...

it was all NORMAL!!!

You see, when a baby is born without a Corpus Callosum, there usually are other disorders, abnormalities, and problems associated with it. Chromosomal abnormalities or deletions can be the cause of the CC missing, or can show that other things are involved- and with the chromosome problems, the symptoms are on the more severe end of the spectrum. This is why they did the test on Anderson when he was born- the chromosome test can give more information as to what is going on-before symptoms arise. BUT...since his is normal and nothing showed up out of the ordinary, this confirms that there are no other disorders to go along with it.

In fact, as I read back over his medical notes from Vanderbilt, I realized that even though they have diagnosed him with ACC (Agenesis of the CC), they aren't sure themselves whether it is there or not...the large cyst made it difficult for many things to be seen, so they made the diagnosis based on the appearance of other things in his brain that tend to go along with ACC. So we really don't know what all is going on- what is there, what isn't there- and we probably won't know until they do another MRI...which hasn't even been scheduled.

For me, it doesn't really matter. He is doing so good right now and so far all of the information we are getting is so positive and reassuring. That's all that matters to me. All Jamie and I have ever wanted through this is for Anderson to be able to live a life with some type of "normalcy". Once he had his surgery and we were able to come home, he has not been any different than when the girls were babies. He eats, sleeps, dirties diapers, and when he is awake he is alert and takes it all in. He loves to be sung to, and when you talk to him he is already trying very hard to "talk back"...he hasn't really gotten any sound out yet, but boy does he try! He is a sweet baby who has already blessed our family tremendously and has shown God's power to many people. We are thankful for everything we have received so far, and continue to thank God for everything he has already done and will continue to do.