Re: Growth Hormone what level are you looking for?

[Guest guest]

hi maloy!

are you have the stimulation test done? thats what christopher had,

it took 2 hrs. i am not sure of the numbers i just know that he had

failed the test. we are starting ght this week or next. i will have

his hormones tomorrow. then we have to get trained.

jodie

(nicholas-5 nonrss, christopher-3 rss 22lbs 33 " , johnathon-6m nonrss)

-- In RSS-Support , " maloyv " wrote:

> We are going in next week to check the gH level. The two hour

blood

> draw. When the results come back what level are you looking for

to

> consider starting gH shots?

>

> Maloy Mom to Tori

[Guest guest]

Yes, that is the test that we are having done. A blood draw every 15 min for

the first hour and then every thirty min. for the second hour. A total of 6

draws with no eating 6 hours prior to the test.

Let me know how thing go once you get started.

Maloy

Re: Growth Hormone what level are you looking for?

hi maloy!

are you have the stimulation test done? thats what christopher had,

it took 2 hrs. i am not sure of the numbers i just know that he had

failed the test. we are starting ght this week or next. i will have

his hormones tomorrow. then we have to get trained.

jodie

(nicholas-5 nonrss, christopher-3 rss 22lbs 33 " , johnathon-6m nonrss)

-- In RSS-Support , " maloyv " wrote:

> We are going in next week to check the gH level. The two hour

blood

> draw. When the results come back what level are you looking for

to

> consider starting gH shots?

>

> Maloy Mom to Tori

[Guest guest]

hi maloy!

when you get their they will put the iv in after the first med. tori

will get sleepy after awhile, christopher basically slept through

the whole thing on my husbands lap. they draw blood and monitor

blood pressure. i would also ask them to check her blood sugar. they

are taking blood anyway so they can do it then. ihad them do it each

time they drawed the blood. his blood sugar ended up going down to

40 but he was fine. they had a lunch waiting for him as soon as the

test was done. the way they explained the test was the drugs are

ment to drop his b/p and blood sugar so that it forces the body to

make growth hormone. this way they can see how well they make their

own gh. he did very well during the test. tori will do well to.

please let me know, if you want to email me you can at

jlcals2003@...

jodie

(nicholas-5 nonrss, christopher-3 rss 22lbs 33 " , johnathon-6m nonrss)

> Yes, that is the test that we are having done. A blood draw every

15 min for the first hour and then every thirty min. for the second

hour. A total of 6 draws with no eating 6 hours prior to the test.

>

> Let me know how thing go once you get started.

> Maloy

> Re: Growth Hormone what level are you

looking for?

>

>

> hi maloy!

> are you have the stimulation test done? thats what christopher

had,

> it took 2 hrs. i am not sure of the numbers i just know that he

had

> failed the test. we are starting ght this week or next. i will

have

> his hormones tomorrow. then we have to get trained.

> jodie

> (nicholas-5 nonrss, christopher-3 rss 22lbs 33 " , johnathon-6m

nonrss)

[Guest guest]

You shouldn't be looking for any level with regards to starting GH

for an RSS child.

The studies have found that there is this very long and technical

language but it has to do with the routing of the IGF-1 " thingies " -

and what these studies are saying is that RSS kids need MORE growth

hormone than the average child and MORE calories than the average

child. THey now call our kids " growth hormone insufficent "

not " deficient. "

So most endocrinologists with experience in RSS and short SGA kids

will not even recommend a growth hormone stim test, because the

recommendation is for GH regardless.

I believe that in a stim test, however, anything lower than 11 is

considered low normal or deficient. My own daughter scored a

whopping 21!!!! VERY high, and yet didn't grow until growth hormone.

> We are going in next week to check the gH level. The two hour

blood

> draw. When the results come back what level are you looking for

to

> consider starting gH shots?

>

> Maloy Mom to Tori