Genetics Appointment

My appointment with Dr. Bader is SET! I've gotten a little impatient with waiting for the referral from Dr. Fortin's office (no surprise there) so I went ahead and called myself today. They let me make the appointment myself and it is NEXT Tuesday at 10:00!! Hooray! I am so thankful I can get in that early! I have no idea what to expect or if they will do testing then or at a future appointment, but I am thrilled to get the ball rolling. My dad started doing his own research Tuesday night and found some information on the John Ritter Foundation website (as you may recall, John Ritter died suddenly of an aortic aneurysm a few years back, the exact same kind my dad has). Long story short, he has been talking with a genetic counselor he found through the Foundation and she wants to include him in the research study she is doing at the University of Texas and will be testing his DNA for FREE! How cool is that?? She is interested in what becomes of my testing as well and I will be contacting her soon. Good news all the way around today!