Drinks On Me At The Regal Beagle
Like one of the great Three's Company episodes, my failure to get the FISH results from the Mayo in a timely (or even remotely acceptable) fashion was actually just the result of a biiiiiiiiig misunderstanding. See, whereas I knew that Janet's sister was going to be staying in Jack's room while he housesat for Larry, Mr. Furley overheard Chrissy telling my perinatologist that he could call my cell phone...
Chromosomes 21, 13, 18 and X//Y/? of both fetii are all present and duly accounted for. The genetics counselor (who could not have been any sweeter if she was distilled) was very excited (and apologetic but honestly it was just a miscommunication) and has promised the rest of the story by Tuesday. In sum: FISH = good. Meaningful results = pending.
I would like to call this ironic but I have been reprimanded in the past for my shameless misuse of the word so I will simply present the following facts without adjective: I have been staying home ALL WEEK (less the 4th) for fear I might miss the call from Mayo. I cannot get cell phone service in our house because we live in a hobbit hole. I finally tracked down my test results and celebrated by going out to dinner tonight with Steve Patrick and my mother - only to discover once I was in cell phone range again that I had gotten results left there on Tuesday morning (when we were in Rochester the cell was my only phone so I listed it as primary in case they needed to cancel or reschedule and I neglected to change it back to the home phone when we were done; and yes I specifically said it was fine to leave a message).
All that worry for nothing, I guess. This is not our big hurdle, true, but it is so rare that I get good, nay GREAT, genetic results that I am pausing to savor it for what it is. Good news.
Sorry that you guys waited so long. For what it is worth, I finally had her paged when I realized the weekend was about to start and then we went right out to dinner. So breaking news, minus about two hours. And thank you, as always, for checking.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!
Oh, Squeeeeeeee!! Do you know boy/girl? One of each? Tell!! Tell!!!
Please?
Regal Beagle, that cracked me up....can't get the theme song outta my head....
Posted by: Dara | July 07, 2007 at 07:15 AM
Congratulations. Have a great weekend! I have that theme song stuck in my head now.
Posted by: Heather | July 07, 2007 at 07:29 AM
NBHHY. I am so hopeful for you.
Posted by: carosgram | July 07, 2007 at 07:44 AM
Hip Hip...Hooray!!!
What wonderful news! I know it is a long road still to travel, but...for now I am so unbelievably happy for you!
Posted by: CariP | July 07, 2007 at 07:48 AM
Sweet Merciful Crap it's about time for some news like this. Let this greatness spread itself like a blanket over the rest of your pregnancy and leave you with nothing but warm fuzzy warming fuzz.
Posted by: reenie | July 07, 2007 at 08:09 AM
Hooray! More best wishes....
Posted by: Kristin | July 07, 2007 at 09:21 AM
Oh Chrissy! You said, "But put it over here, Jack!" then he said, "It won't fit Chrissy, it's too big!" and I thought omigaw, but it was just a phone number screw-up. *whew* I am glad to hear about happy FISH.
Posted by: Andrea | July 07, 2007 at 09:37 AM
God you made me cry - I'm so happy for you. I've been reading your blog since I started IVF over a year ago - after three tries (and one all abnormal PGD report) my healthy little boy is asleep in his crib.
This is great news. I feel like I've been there with you for the past year and half and we've never even met! All week I've been nervous for you. So happy and relieved! I hope the news continues to be good. TWINS! WOW!
Posted by: suzanne | July 07, 2007 at 10:17 AM
This is SUCH great news, now we must all join together and sing:
Come and knock on our door.....
We've been waiting for you......
Where the kisses are hers and hers and his,
Three's company too.
(BTW, I'm now picturing your RE to look like Mr. Furley...am I close?)
Posted by: Cindy | July 07, 2007 at 10:44 AM
Wheee indeed! Now holding my breath till Tuesday!
Posted by: cat, galloping | July 07, 2007 at 11:32 AM
I am so happy that you have some good news! Savor it, much like Padma Lakshmi nasal cavity savor's the rare ability for scent to waft into its amazingly slender beak.
I'm stoked for you.
Posted by: Chi_Zit | July 07, 2007 at 11:48 AM
Congratulations, Julia! A long-time lurker/rare commenter who has to break my (almost) silence for such great news! Like someone said above, I've never been this happy for someone I've never met before. So glad that the news was so positive.
Posted by: MJ | July 07, 2007 at 11:48 AM
Wow. I just can't believe I typed that and clicked on "post." You can red pen that for me, right? Ugh.
Posted by: Chi_Zit | July 07, 2007 at 11:49 AM
Awesome. I'm having a randomly crappy day, but this cheered me right up.
Posted by: snickollet | July 07, 2007 at 01:39 PM
Awesome. I'm having a randomly crappy day, but this cheered me right up.
Posted by: snickollet | July 07, 2007 at 01:40 PM
Yay thirteens!
Next time you will think to check your cell phone voice mail from your land line, I'll bet. Knucklehead.
Yay!
Posted by: Denise | July 07, 2007 at 01:41 PM
Yeah!!! Exhaling now...but still keeping fingers and toes crossed until the final results.
Posted by: Monica | July 07, 2007 at 02:12 PM
Whee indeed! Glad to here all those good little chromosome numbers showed up for roll-call. Better, better....better, it's getting better all the time.
Posted by: Pam L | July 07, 2007 at 02:48 PM
Congrats, fabulous news indeed. Now I'm just going to keep things crossed for Tuesday. I'm feeling better about PGD already!
Posted by: Aurelia | July 07, 2007 at 05:28 PM
Yeah for 13a & b! What great news. Can't wait to hear what info Tuesday brings.
Posted by: winecat | July 07, 2007 at 05:54 PM
Good to hear, good to hear. 13 has always been a lucky number for me, so hoping it is for you, all the way down this particular reproductive line.
Posted by: Beth | July 07, 2007 at 06:10 PM
That's great news, congrats!
So is it a Janet and Chrissy to go along with your Jack? ;-)
Posted by: Susanna | July 07, 2007 at 10:34 PM
Awesome news!
And, I am going to hold you to that drink at the Regal Beagle. Just 3 hours south of you in Okoboji, there is a bar named just that. So, when are you coming to visit so I can collect? ;)
Posted by: Lynn-Ashton and John's mom | July 07, 2007 at 11:12 PM
There are new cell phones out just now that connect through your wireless internet in your home, and through their normal cell phone thingey when you're out and about. Might be worth looking into. We just got one, had problems with coverage ourselves due to trees. Works just fine now. Glad to hear about the FISH.
Posted by: Jessica | July 07, 2007 at 11:43 PM
I am THRILLED to hear that all is well. Have a fabulous weekend!
Posted by: Beth | July 08, 2007 at 12:03 AM
So glad to see you had some good results finally. I'm hoping for the best for you. :)
Posted by: Teenuh | July 08, 2007 at 02:08 AM
SOOO happy that the news so far is good!! Hoping the trend continues...
Posted by: silene | July 08, 2007 at 10:59 AM
SHUT UP! I'm so happy to hear it!!
Fingers still crossed for everything else.
Posted by: Jessica | July 08, 2007 at 02:36 PM
I am CRAZY happy!!!!! Woo-hooooooo!
Posted by: Erica77777 | July 08, 2007 at 08:21 PM
Soooo excited for you! Way to go Lefty!
Posted by: Cris | July 08, 2007 at 09:03 PM
Wonderful! Keep the good news coming!
Posted by: L | July 08, 2007 at 11:27 PM
Congratulations.
You get to have a small drink for this one, surely. Any doctor would agree. Even Dr. Ruth, and she's nuts.
Posted by: Vanessa | July 09, 2007 at 06:36 AM
Woohoo!!! I'm so happy for you I'm doing the Snoopy dance! (But only in a metaphorical sense, sorry to say).
Posted by: wealhtheow | July 09, 2007 at 08:30 AM
Joining the "woohoo" and "yippee" choruses from around the world!!!!!!!
Posted by: Leslie | July 09, 2007 at 09:36 AM
Yay!
Posted by: Libby | July 09, 2007 at 10:53 AM
YAY, that is Grrrreat news! So happy, and will be stalking you on Tuesday!
Posted by: Katie | July 09, 2007 at 11:04 AM
I'm so happy for you!
Posted by: Monica C. | July 09, 2007 at 11:23 AM
So glad to hear about the results. Oh, phew, big sigh of relief.
(I have such a good feeling about this pregnancy. Dare I say it? I would smack the person who said anything like that to me but every time I read good news here I think about the good feeling. May the good news continue all the way.)
Posted by: Carlynn | July 09, 2007 at 01:26 PM
Great news. But are you being coy about the X and Y distributions?
Posted by: Rella | July 09, 2007 at 02:18 PM
Fabulous news - hope this week gets better and better news-wise!
Posted by: Amanda | July 09, 2007 at 03:31 PM
Julia,
I would like to personally apologize for skewing your stats, both here and at REDBOOK!!!, with my repeated checking-for-update. I KNOW that further results won't be in until tomorrow at least, but the compulsion to check is unstoppable.
Also, woo hoo! Good news so far! Yay! and such.
Posted by: amy | July 09, 2007 at 06:49 PM