Can genetics counseling really offer answers?

The phone rang around seven o’clock on a Friday night; I thought it was one of our friends calling. The caller ID box said, “CARSON, MILINDA MD” and I knew something was wrong. Your obstetrician never calls on a Friday night with good news.

The tone in her voice confirmed what I suspected. I listened to her talk about test results and an abnormality. Then she said it – cystic fibrosis. Now I remembered. As I was walking out the door of her office several months before, she had called after me and asked if I wanted the test for cystic fibrosis added to the list of blood tests she was ordering. I said, “Sure, why not?” I had forgotten about it until that moment. Read more