Customer Testimonial
Suzanne U.

As the daughter of a family doctor and a nurse practitioner, I grew up in a household where dinner conversation included discussions of illness, diagnosis, testing options and treatment solutions as well as prescriptions and first aid remedies.

It becomes second nature to be a pretty good “guesser” of what the problem is when talking about symptoms and treatments of common ailments. It is also easy to pick up when there is not an easy answer and a deeper understanding of a health situation is inevitable...

My parents and my paternal grandparents were lifelong leaders in the medical community of our area in central Wisconsin. My grandfather was one of the first physicians in the town and opened one of the first hospitals in the area. He and my father broke ground on the medical center in the mid-70s, which is still thriving as a critical access hospital. I currently serve on the Board of Directors.

I learned about FORESITE 360 from a lifelong friend that has been in medical sales for his entire career. Later in his career, his interest took him into stem cell retrieval and storage and then to this company. The technology of screening a newborn for both genetic predisposition and treatment of diseases, including medication tolerance testing was appealing to me.

When I was a younger mother of three daughters, it would have been very helpful to have any sort of insight as to what medication may be effective or ineffective in treating my children. There is nothing more terrifying than an ill child and not being able to know if you should call the doctor or not, or when to have the child seen outside of a regular check up schedule. I can’t imagine a better way to support my daughter in her journey through motherhood, and to assure that we can know all we can about Quincy’s genetic predispositions that me need attention in the future. This form of screening appealed to me more than stem cell retrieval and storage because of the information available to my family now and along the way as Quincy grows up.

I was happy to give this gift to my daughter and her husband because I believe that knowledge is power, and also, knowledge and understanding help reduce anxiety. It is hard enough to raise children and it is so different from when I raised my girls. I didn’t have all of the resources available to mother’s today and to me, the value of this non invasive procedure and the results should be priceless if it can shed light on a health or treatment situation if and when we need it. Young parents have so many new expenses as they begin a family and continue growing a family. This is a wonderful gift for a grandparent to bestow on a new family.

The cost is reasonable for helping my children to understand and help guide their children’s health and wellbeing. The annual updates of advances in DNA research and how it correlates to their children will be an ongoing resource to my family throughout Quincy’s childhood. This is an relatively small investment in Quincy’s healthcare over the next 18 years, but may be priceless in time saved if and when he suffers a health matter.

This information will be shared with Quincy’s pediatrician and will be a part of his medical history. I look forward to learning more about Quincy’s genomic profile will most definitely consider it for any more grandchildren we are blessed with.