Jay--confusing height calculations & GH question

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Jay,

We haven't yet been to see the endo to get a definitive RSS

diagnosis of our son. I was actually compiling Jack's medical info.

to send to Dr. Harbison's office for review when I read that the

geneticist had his height down as 5th percentile. I looked at the

height charts I was enclosing in Dr. H's package (because I

remembered our pediatrician commenting that he was 15th percentile)

and, sure enough, she plotted him at 15th percentile at 36 months! I

am definitely going to mention the possibility of a girl's chart at

our next appointment. Thanks! Good luck at your son's evaluation.

Marcy

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> Yep, it definitely sounds like the Pediatrician did the

calculations based

> on a female. There isn't a chart out there that would caluclate

your son

> below the 15% bracket. Was he doing a comparison on his growth,

and noted

> that he was once in the 15%?

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> Have you seen an Endocrinologist to talk about GH therapy for

him? Just

> curious, becasue we are going in for our 3rd evaluation on our

son's 2nd

> B-day to check his bone age again and determine if we want to

start it.

> Right now he is a candidate because he has been under the 3%

percentile

> forever with no height or weight inprovements. But, if we decide

to do it I

> want to make sure we make an informed decision.

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> I would like some input on GH from you all.

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> When did you start GH?

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> Which GH are you using or did you use?

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> Was there noticeable growth improvement after starting it?

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> My son is 3 yrs. old, 26.5 lbs., and is 35 in. tall. When our

> pediatrician plots his height on the computer, it comes out just

> below 15th percentile (does this sound right?). However, we just

got

> Jack's write-up from the geneticist, and she has him down as just

> below 5th percentile (and he definitely measured 35 in. in her

> office)! Very confusing. Anywhere to do the calculations on the

> Internet? Thanks!

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> Marcy

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