title: Almost 9: a personal essay on parenting, aniridia, and being a doctor.
abstract: The author, a family physician, writes about her adoptive daughter being diagnosed with the rare genetic disorder aniridia and later with a central auditory processing disorder. Both mother and daughter learn about these disorders and develop coping strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0582, USA. eldernc@fammed.uc.edu
authors.forename: Nancy C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Elder
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D015783:Aniridia / Q000523:psychology*; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D010819:Physician's Role