Dodging bullets

After my emotional "episode" the other day, I decided to use my brain and be proactive regarding the cystic fibrosis possibility.  Duh---ask the sperm bank if the donors are tested for CF!  So I emailed them yesterday explaining Sonny's positive screening and that I was wondering if the donors are tested for it and if it's not him, then it's me that's the carrier.  I received a response this morning informing me that our donor was tested in 2009 and was negative for CF!!  So I'm assuming that I'm the culprit...well, I can be 100% sure I am; I'm a carrier of CF, which means one or both of my parents is, too, and their parent as well.  Funny how people can go a lifetime without knowing something like that; that until a situation such as this comes up, we are ignorant.  And it's not anyone's fault that they are ignorant; unless you actually have the disease, you would never have reason to believe you carry a gene that can cause it.

Anyway, I'm now feeling MUCH better about this.  It basically means he probably does not have CF, but could have children with it if he marries someone who is also a carrier.  Even then, the chance of having a child with CF for him in that situation are 1 in 4, but there is a chance.  We will still have him tested because the chances of him having CF even with only one parent as a carrier isn't zero, but is extremely low.

Now that little worry is over, how about a nice family photo to cheer us all up??

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, etc. etc.  Happiest of holidays to you all!