Guest guest Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 Malathi~ I just wanted to welcome you to our group here. It is good to have you and you will learn so much. I have a 27 month old boy, , who was diagnosed last October with RSS. He has a g tube and we are waiting to see if he has done his caloric catch up so that we can start ght. I hope to see you around here! ) Jodi R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 Thank you, Jodi. Can you tell me more of the caloric catch up - we are getting ready to start GH, but no one has mentioned anything about calorie catch up. _Malathi (getting confused with the Jodis and s!) > Malathi~ > I just wanted to welcome you to our group here. It is good to have > you and you will learn so much. I have a 27 month old boy, , > who was diagnosed last October with RSS. He has a g tube and we are > waiting to see if he has done his caloric catch up so that we can > start ght. I hope to see you around here! ) > > Jodi R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 Caloric catch up is when height starts to level off, but their weight continues to increase. When they don't gain height as quickly, but still are putting on weight. Dr. H likes the RSS kids to be between the 10th and 25th percentile on the weight for height charts. It is a chart that combines the two. Not strictly a weight chart, and not strictly a height chart. Right now, we are waiting to see if 's height is tapering off and continues to move up in weight. Dr. H says that growth hormone isn't as effective until they have reached their caloric catch up. I am sure someone else can explain this better than I in a more in depth presentation, but this is how I remember it! ) Jodi R. > > Malathi~ > > I just wanted to welcome you to our group here. It is good to > have > > you and you will learn so much. I have a 27 month old boy, > , > > who was diagnosed last October with RSS. He has a g tube and we > are > > waiting to see if he has done his caloric catch up so that we can > > start ght. I hope to see you around here! ) > > > > Jodi R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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