I am grateful for Joshua's upcoming genetics appointment. We see a geneticist every few years to find out if there have been new discoveries in Joshua's diagnosis or the field of genetics in general that would cause us to seek out additional treatments for him. Unfortunately, we haven't had the best luck in geneticists - the first one we saw missed his diagnosis entirely, and the second one didn't have any information to offer beyond what we came in with. But this geneticist was recommended by someone in our Facebook 4Q group who saw her when she worked on the East coast, so I'm hopeful that we'll get better information from her. I'm grateful that the science around genetics is improving all the time, so hopefully we'll have better information and options for Joshua as his life goes on. And I'm grateful for our community of parents in the 4Q group who can provide information and emotional support to each other.
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