Doctor's appointments

We have been having various doctor's appoinments over the last couple of month. Appointments about PGD (pre-implantation genetic diagnosis), appointments about FAP (Familial Adenomatous Polyposis) and just normal appointments if Lily was ill. I had to take Lily with me all the time as we have no family here to help with childcare. Luckily most places had some toys to play with but after a while she started to have enough. And the PGD appointments are all in London so there is a lot of travel included: by bus to the train station, by train to London and lucky it is only a 15 minutes walk from there. At one of our appointments she screamed so hard I had to go out with her. I think it was too hot and I should have stripped her down completely.

But we also had a lovely appoinment with our local genetic counsellor, Lily and I. They are our rock, the genetics people. They are lovely. The lady never rushed us, she seemed to have all the time in the world. At other places we are being made look stupid for turning up with a list of questions (sometimes two lists of questions compiled separately by Puil and me haha), but here every question was a good question, every thought, every fear, every pain of mine was listened to and discussed. In the meantime Lily crawled all over the counsellor (she loved her too!) and the counsellour didn't mind the least. This job suits her fantastically. She is bright and emphatic and I am pretty sure even as a geneticist she can meet sad fates she helps all her clients to get to their own best possible happy endings.