Friday, June 26, 2009

A new detective in the Case of the Missing Myelin

We asked Cicily's neurologist #4 if he could provide us with a list of neurologists who specialize in white matter issues. He kindly gave us a list of 3 doctors who research white matter (myelin). One was in Salt Lake City, one in Maryland, and one in DC. We checked into all of them and what research papers they've written. We're quite excited because they all have a strong interest in white matter diseases. We decided we'd start closest to home, and see if we could get Cicily in to see the doctor in Salt Lake City.
So in July we'll be heading up to Utah. The doctor we're going to see is an MD and PhD. He uses zebra fish to study white matter. We're hoping he will get interested enough in Cicily to study her white matter, or lack therof rather.
We've decided to stay a few extra days and make a vacation out of the trip. That means two of our last three vacations have been planned for appointments with doctors. Good thing we have doctors to see, or we'd never get a vacation!

Random Photo: I gave Cis a tangelo from our tree that wasn't going to ripen. She popped it into her mouth and thought she was so funny!

6 comments:

jess said...

I hope he finds her interesting! I miss your smiling faces!

St. Jeor Family said...

I hope that everything goes good. If you have extra time, I'd love to meet up while your here in Utah for dinner or something!

Staci said...

Glad you get a vacation out of it! Can't wait to hear how things go with the Doctor!

shannon said...

Yeah...are you going to Primary Children's? Who is the doc? When will you be in UT? So many questions. Anyway, we are there often so it'd be fun if we could go to lunch or something. Let me know what your plans are.

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