Genetic Counseling Song (lyrics, rough mix) (Patreon)

Gwen asked me to write a gemetic counseling Song for her graduation ceremony. Together, we came up with this. 

Genetic Counseling Song (lyrics)

I ask you questions to build your pedigree

You share half-siblings in your history 

Running short on white out. But I’ve got to correct 

Your brother of a step mother I don’t need to connect 

Ancestry, birth defects, disabilities

I’m putting the final touch on your family tree

Four generations in, and I just about lost it 

When you said, "By the way, does it matter that I’m adopted?"

Genetic counselors. 

Genetic what?

Genetic counselors

Let us look into your genes 

FISH and SNPs

arrays and WES

We’ll teach you what it means.

Setup your appointment for

Genetic counseling

It’s Friday afternoonbut I’m here working late 

An insurance warrior with letters to write. 

Benefits, investigations, 

Medical necessity pre-authorizations

The paperwork piles with each case I complete 

It’s up to me to get the testing that they need 

So I keep Color coding, stacking, and sorting

How time has flown. Oh Look! It's Monday morning, 

I pick up the phone on the second ring  

DTC testing... it’s my favorite thing.

But I hear them out. I assess their Risk

But every word I say is missed 

They fill my brain with questions. I groan in despair.  

Because they they read about it on a blog somewhere 

Keeping my patience is oh so hard

It’s just another case of MTHFR