When Brandon was diagnosed with kidney failure, Julien thought Brandon had bad luck and had been struck by doom. He didn't think about Brandon's family history of genetic disease.
'How negligent I was not to realize it might be a family genetic disease! Fortunately, it wasn't too late!'
Julien rubbed his brows and sent Finn a message: [I see. Have they found a suitable kidney for Brandon?]
Although Finn was not Brandon's attending doctor, with his position in the hospital, it was easy for him to learn about a patient's medical records.
Seeing Julien's question, Finn gave a succinct reply: [No.]
Julien was not surprised by Finn's reply.
Actually, he already knew that. He just wanted to double check with Finn.
Glancing out of the corner of his eye at Sydney, who was eating next to him, and seeing that she wasn't paying attention to him, Julien sent another message to Finn: [You mentioned that there was one person with genetic kidney failure almost every three generations. Do you mean that the disease passes on every three generations?]
Julien would be relieved if the disease passed on every three generations.
Since Brandon inherited the disease, Sydney shouldn't get it.
However, when Finn saw Julien's question, he couldn't help but laugh. He rolled his eyes and sent a voice message: [How is that possible? There is no law of inheritance for genetic diseases. It would be a relief if it passes on every three generations.
"However, it isn't the case. Sometimes the disease passes on in every generation, and sometimes the disease is passed on to the offspring only after several generations. In short, we cannot predict who will inherit the disease."
Julien converted the voice to text. Seeing Finn's reply, Julien's heart sank.
The disease didn’t pass on every three generations. It was a coincidence that Brandon was in the third generation after the last member of their family to get the disease.
Therefore, the likelihood of Sydney getting the disease was very high.
Julien clenched his fists. He didn't ask any more questions.
But Finn was curious: [Why do you care about the Madden family's genetic disease?]
Julien compressed his lips: [Leaf is Brandon's daughter. Have you forgotten that?]
Julien had told Finn about that.
Seeing Julien's reply, Finn immediately narrowed his eyes and became serious. The careless look on his face was gone.
He was leaning back in his chair, but now he sat up straight.
Clearly, he was shocked.
Finn knew that Brandon was Sydney's biological father, but he didn't think Sydney might have inherited Madden's family genetic disease.
Finn pushed his glasses upward and sent a message to Julien: [Bring Sydney to the hospital and I will give her a thorough examination."
Seeing Finn's message, Julien relaxed his frown and replied, [I have that intention too. I’ll take her to the hospital tomorrow. She still doesn't know Brandon is her father. I lied to her. I told her I was worried about her, so I wanted her to have an examination. Don't spill the beans.
Finn gave a snort, [I know that. I'm going to take a closer look at Brandon's medical records."
Julien replied with an OK, and then he put the phone down. But he was still nervous.
Sydney turned to him and asked, "Have you guys finished talking?"
"Yes." Julien kept a calm face.
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