In her office, with Alexis, Sergei and Oksana sitting on the other side of her desk Alexis was in the middle, Monica looked at the folder Oksana had brought. Sergei tried not to look at Oksana. Oksana glared at him every once in awhile. Monica was a little unnerved at how much Oksana's angry look reminded her of Zander's.
Whatever one might want to say about Oksana; she was no slouch. She had all of Zander's childhood records, nothing but check-ups, Monica saw, all passed with flying colors, and the same for Peter. From Russia she had gotten, it appeared, any medical record in existence on her parents, her two older brothers, herself and her younger sister. There were some medical records on three of Oksana's grandparents, and death certificates for all four of them. She'd had her parents, herself and her siblings examined – the doctor who did this was a cardiologist, Marina Grigorievna Tikhonova. Dr. Tikhonova had subjected all 6 people to EKGs and examined all of them, reviewed all their records and done a report addressed to Monica. All translated, of course. The reports discussed the possibility of the very disorder Monica was looking for, and a few others besides. Dr. Tikhonova didn't think anything was wrong with any of them and thought none of them had any hint of Long Q-T Syndrome.
Oksana had been an athlete, on the ice skating team – the placement that had gotten her a trip into the US, where she and her coach defected, the record remarked.
Nothing to hint there could be the slightest arrhythmia in any cardiac chamber of any member of the Yesatkin family. One of Oksana's nieces had, when very young, been checked for a heart murmur, but that appeared to have gone away or never to have existed in the first place.
Monica said, "Well, it looks as if we can acquit the Yesatkin side of the family."
"Can what?" Oksana asked.
"I don't think your side of Zander's family shows any evidence that he could have Long Q-T Syndrome. The problem I wanted to check him for," she added. Oksana looked relieved, even victorious. Oh no, Alexis thought. For Oksana was looking at Sergei.
Alexis reported as much as she could herself, looking at Sergei now and then for confirmation. Monica made a face or two.
"You think this is the most we can get?" Monica said, to Alexis.
"Probably."
"Well, abundance of caution gets me – you know how things are nowadays – " with a glance at Alexis, comprehending all lawyers and their evil litigious ways – "still, since Mr. Kansh, Mr. Kanch - "
"Sergei," he said helpfully
"Since Sergei was an athlete himself, and survived that period, I feel all right passing on this to conclude that no one has the Long Q-T Syndrome. For abundance of caution I would recommend doing a series of EKGs, say one per month, on both Sergei and Zander. The more tests I have with no prolonged Q-T waves, the better I feel that they don't have it. Then I'd settle for an EKG every six months on all three of them – father and the two sons. Do you have any other children, either of you?"
Both said they did not.
"Report all that to me and I'll follow up on Zander," Monica said.
