When Trenton Gardner developed kidney failure, he thought he had just been struck by an ill-fated disease, not a genetic history.
It was a close call now that he thought about it.
But fortunately, it should be in time.
Jared rubbed his eyebrows and typed back, “Got it. Any word on Trenton Gardner’s kidney?”
He asked Elias Lansdale.
Elias Lansdale didn’t treat Trenton Gardner, but he was in charge of the hospital, and it was easy enough for him to find out what was going on with a patient.
Seeing Jared’s question, he tapped on the keyboard and immediately had the answer.
No!
He replied.
Jared's face didn’t change and he wasn’t surprised at the answer.
Because he already had the answer, he was only asking to be sure.
Jared looked out of the corner of his eye at the woman who was eating next to him. When he found that she wasn’t paying attention to him, he typed again, “When you say one in three generations, do you mean only one in every three generations?”
If so, he could rest a little easier.
After all, since Trenton Gardner was a hereditary patient of this generation, Amber should not have been inherited.
Elias Lansdale, however, laughed at Jared’s question, rolled his eyes behind the lens, and replied in a voice, “How is that possible? Genetic diseases are things that have no rules of inheritance. If there are only one hereditary patient every three generations on time, the family of the hereditary patient would be pleased. It’s just a random thing, you know, in some families with a genetic history, you might have one in each generation, or you might have one in couple of years, or a dozen generations later. So, it’s not something that can pinpoint exactly when you’re going to have a genetic patient.”
Jared translated the speech into text, and at Elias Lansdale’s reply, his heart, which had been a little relieved, sank again.
It was not like there was only one genetic patient every three generations, it just so happened that it took three generations for the Gardner family to have Trenton Gardner as the patient.
So, the chances of Amber being inherited were very high.
Jared clenched his fist and stopped asking.
Elias Lansdale, on the other end, was kind of curious and he asked, “Why do you care about the Gardner family’s genetic history?”
Jared looked at his question and pursed his lips, “Little Leaf is Trenton Gardner’s daughter, remember?”
He had also told Elias Lansdale about that.
The pupils of Elias Lansdale’s eyes shrank as Jared replied, and he turned his lazy face into a solemn one.
Even his sagging body, which had been leaning against the back of his chair, jerked upright.
It was clear how shocked he was by Jared’s words.
Yeah, he knew Trenton Gardner was Amber’s biological father.
Even though he was a doctor, it didn’t occur to him that Amber might inherit Trenton Gardner’s kidney failure.
Elias Lansdale pushed his glasses and said heavily, “Take Amber to the hospital when you have time, and I will personally oversee her full physical.”
Jared’s furrowed brows relaxed a little and his long fingers moved, “That’s what I’m saying. I’ll bring her there tomorrow. She still doesn’t know Trenton Gardner had anything to do with her. I lied to her, said I wanted her to have a full physical, because I didn’t want her to collapse one day, so you don’t tell her about that tomorrow.”
Elias Lansdale snorted, “I know, okay, I’m gonna go over to Renal and take a look at Trenton Gardner’s medical records, just in case.”
Jared replied “Okay” and put the phone down. But he was still very nervous.
Amber then looked over her shoulder, “Are you done with Ben?”
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