Blood Test results...

As many of you know we have been waiting until Isabella turned six months so she could have some blood tests done. When we were in the hospital, when she was born, one of her tests showed an abnormality of her hemoglobin. At that time they were unable to identify exactly what the abnormality was. We had to wait until she was six months so the abnormality could express itself (we were assured that if it was something that was hazardous to her health it would have shown up in the hospital tests). So at her doctors appointment she had some blood drawn (not a fun experience for either of us, I swear the needle was the same size as her arm!). We got the test results back saying that she had hemoglobin D. We are going to go over it with her doctor at her next appointment, but I couldn't wait, so I looked it up on the Internet. This is what it said "Carriers of hemoglobin D are at little risk themselves, but if they should have children with other carriers, there is a 25 percent chance that their children will have either sickle cell disease, or milder variants known as hemoglobin SD or just be carriers of the trait." I guess that means that she has little to worry about until she wants to get married. We'll keep everyone posted on what we find out.