Deianira - Weight increase! and advice needed

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All,

Just wanted to let you know that Deianira has gone from the 1.5

percentile to the 21st percentile in weight for height! She has gone

from a whopping 31 pounds to 39 pounds in 6 weeks after an

aggressive caloric replenishment regimen! We are very proud of how

hard she has worked to make this happen! We explained that her

growth hormone works best when her weight is between the 5th and

25th percentile, and she has done GREAT!

We began with high calorie/high protein foods and started her on

1 & 1/2 packages of Carnation Breakfast drinks each day. The Periactin

has really helped with increasing her appetite. Now that she is at

the target weight, we are backing off a little and seeing if she can

maintain her daily weights without the drinks.

My only question at this point is that Deianira has assemetry and I

would like to track her height more closly. I believe Dr. H used a

book for her " shorter " leg and I would like some advice on being

able to do this at home.

Can someone advise as to how I can do this? She has a lift on her

shoe and I wondered if I should leave them on for height

measurements; subtracting the height of the sole...

Thoughts?

Thanks!

Danita