The Phone Call!

Mummy received a call today from the gynae's office. She was told that her test results were out and that she was to go down to the gynae's office tomorrow. As Mummy's original appointment was on Apr14, she sensed that something was wrong with the urgency of the appointment. But when she questioned the nurse that called up, the nurse said that Dr Lim will tell her everything when they meet.

Mummy called Daddy to inform him about the changed appointment, and Daddy's 1st question was," Why the urgency?? Is there something wrong??" Mummy replied that she did not know as the nurse did not mention. So Daddy persuaded mummy to call the clinic and check. Mummy called up only to be told that Dr Lim would be on leave during the appointed date, hence the change in appointment. When Mummy told Daddy the response given, Daddy showed disbelief and Mummy told him to call and ask himself then. Daddy then called the clinic himself.

After that, Daddy called Mummy to tell her that the blood test results show that there is a 1 in 30 chance that I was a down syndrome baby. Initially, when Mummy heard the news, she wasn't too worried as she thought that there are still 29 in 30 chances that I was normal. However, when Daddy got home, Daddy printed out lots of material on the blood test results and down syndrome baby and gave them to Mummy to read.

As Mummy read those materials, I felt her anxiety raise and the more she read, the more worried she became. Although I could feel Mummy's anxiety, there was nothing I could do to ease it. I felt normal, and I hoped that Mummy would believe that I was fine.

Anyway, as there was nothing that Daddy or Mummy could do until they have gone down to the clinic to see Dr Lim. They just prayed over the incident and hoped that all would be fine. I believed it was a long, long night, waiting for time to pass to go see Dr Lim the next day.