Is anyone else a carrier of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)?
@mother.of.2, I am so sorry, I can’t even imagine how scared you must be. But it’s going to be alright! It will be a load off your mind to know for sure 😊 stay strong!!
@ash621 it said it's carrying more or less in Caucasians and I'm part Caucasian so hopefully he doesn't have it because he's not
@ash621
Thank you so much and I will I'm trying my best to stay occupied and not be crying in front of my son but it's just so hard
@mother.of.2, there’s actually a treatment now, it’s only been around for about a year or so. Called Spinraza. It’s a difficult disease for sure. But chances are only 1 in 40 that he’s a carrier
@mother.of.2, let me know what you find out. Try to keep yourself busy and distracted, chances are on your side!
@ash621 and I was just looking up more or less what it is and it was saying that usually babies don't last up to 18 months so I was just crying and kind of a worried so wanted to see if anybody else went through or knows of it as well to help ease a little bit
@ash621 thank you so much that means a lot to us and just barely today
@ash621 we are going to get him tested hopefully tomorrow
Thank you so much😗😊