From Anonymous 4

June 20, 2001

Dear Dr. Sahakian,

My husband and I would like to extend this letter of gratitude to you and your kind and helpful staff.  Words cannot properly express the emotional roller coaster ride that we had to endure.

We would like to start my thanking you and your staff, for giving us the most pleasant experience.    We were at a time in our lives where we were in the fast lane on the roller coaster of life.  You and your staff had given us the compassion and understanding to our special needs.

As a child at the age of ten I found out that I had Turner Syndrome.  At that time I was told that I would almost never have a child of my own.  As I was at the age of ten, I knew that the news of Turners was serious.  I just did not know how serious or how much this would affect my life.

As I reach my teenage years, I started to wonder why me?  I found it harder to swallow the fact that I may never be a mother.  Those years had come and gone.

In my mid twenties, I had found the man that would love me for who I am and unconditionally.  As we fell in love, the news that I had known as a child had come to resurface.  Well we got married and he had a daughter. That made me an instant mom.  My husband and I found a wonderful relationship with Jesus Christ.  With that we started with a good foundation for our marriage.  I still felt that there was still something missing in my life.  Even though God had blessed me with an instant family, that still did not quench the hunger in my own heart for a child of my own.

My husband helped push me to seek for information on Turners Syndrome.  Seeking to find information on how we can beat the odds we searched the Internet. Also, during this time we heard a message on TV.  We believed it was for us.  The message was that there was a couple that would be blessed with a son named Matthew.  This couple was having trouble conceiving.  With that thought our search intensified.  We visited the chat rooms for Turners. Then we decided to search for information on how to have a child of our own.  We found PFC on the Internet. We were please with the web site and information, so we made an appointment to meet with Dr. Sahakian and his staff.
  We were also pleased to find out that Dr. Sahakian had worked with Turner patients before.  The most important question to us was “Can a Turners patient have a child?”.  The answer was easy, yes.  Through donor egg and the IVF procedure it was possible.  We now had the answers and information. Through our faith in God we knew we had a good starting point.  For us to be able to have a child of our own.
  We knew we still had obstacles to overcome, but God would see us through.  The time came where we had to pick the donor.  Next was trying to get financial aid.  My husband had gone round and round with the 401K people.  We did not have the whole amount, but of what there was it would help.  The 401K people kept saying they did not have a valid enough reason to release the money.  As time went by the time to hold the donor also was going by.  We still did not give up hope and faith in God.  It came to the very last day that we could hold the donor and the 401K people said we had their approval.  We were able to place a hold and keep the donor we had chosen.  So now we had a sigh of relief and felt that things were finally taking place after all the emotional ups and downs.  Through our faith in God and daily prayers we were pleased to find out that we had fifteen donor eggs.
  So the day arrives where we would go to PFC for our implantation only to find out we needed to overcome another obstacle.  My antigens were high and could cause my body to terminate the pregnancy.  With that in mind we still had our faith.  We chose to implant three embryos.  Dr. Sahakian said to come back in ten days for a pregnancy test.  After about seven days we tried a home test that came back negative.  That was pretty shattering.  I had to gather my husband and myself.  We prayed and left our faith in God’s hands.  Day eight came and it was still negative which was very hard to deal with.  What if this does not take?  Would we be able to do it all over again?  My husband said on day nine that it was father’s day.  God was not going to let him down.  He knew that my braking point was another negative test.  I just could not handle another negative test.  My husband assured me that our faith in God would provide us with a positive test.  That turned out to be the best father’s day gift that anyone could expect.  We were very ecstatic, grateful, and thankful.  The Lord is never too early or late.  He is always right on time.
  During week four I started to bleed.  Trying not to lose all hope.  As, our faith was being tested, he had gotten us this far so we trusted in him that he would see through and not leave us alone.  So we had an appointment to have an ultrasound done.  We saw the heartbeat of our baby.  We could not be happier to know that I was still pregnant.  The next nine months were not so easy.  We still had in the back of our minds all the obstacles, and antigens that could still terminate the pregnancy at any time.  As time went on the better our chances were.
  So now we are pleased to announce he arrival of our son Matthew Lawrence Christian to our family on the 21st day of February 2001.  We now get to hold the miracle that God has performed using Dr. Sahakian.
  We would like to close this letter with another success.  Dr. Sahakian you are the biggest tool that God has used.  Our dreams have now come true that were once shattered for me as little girl.  Thank you for all your help and knowledge.  May God bless you, your family and staff.  If we were able to do it again there is no other place that we would trust other than PFC. Words cannot express our thanks and gratitude to you and your staff.