A Meeting with Genetics

We are so lucky to live in Houston and so close to Texas Children's Hospital. When Elle was diagnosed with CHARGE Syndrome we were blessed to meet one of the fabulous doctors that leads research on the syndrome - and thankfully, she is a Texas Children's doctor. I believe there are 2 doctors in the United States that do extensive research on CHARGE Syndrome and Dr. L is one of them. We are so blessed! Monday we had an appointment with Dr. L so she could see Elle's progress. As soon as Dr. L walked in to the room, Miss Elle hammed it up. She was crawling all around the room, pulling herself up on Dr. L's skirt and trying talking the whole time. Dr. L was so impressed by all Elle's activity. I was telling her about sign language and how Elle has really excelled with it. She asked to see some of Elle's signs so I sat Elle on my lap and we went through some of her signs. Elle had done around 10 signs when I looked over at Dr. L and saw her wiping tears away. She was laughing and clapping and was so impressed by our little Elle. I absolutely love that she is as thrilled with Elle's progress as we are. Elle is like a little sponge. She has sign language every Friday and seems to learn something new every week. I get so tickled spending the days with her - I think I laugh most of the day at her and her little expressions and things she does. Everything we do - she mimics. This weekend, I had a sneezing fit and I looked up to see Elle mimicking me. Oh My - she is one very smart little girl!