Guest guest Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Hi! I just got back from Matt's GI appointment. She is extremely pleased that we are no longer forcing him to eat, and that the feeding therapy has started and he is doing well. Unfortunately, he has lost 3 pounds, but she is hoping he levels off and gains some of that back. His height, however, is really taking off(almost an inch in the last 4 months). The GI is ok with his weight as long as he continues to gain linear growth. I just got back Matt's bone age that the endo did at the end of December. Matt's bone age is almost his chronological age. The GI said to me, in an off hand way when she was charting his height/weight, that he can no longer be considered SGA? What? I thought once SGA, always? But, it does seem that his linear growth is a direct result of his weight gain, since we haven't increased his growth hormone in over a year. So, has anyone tried to stop GH and see if the growth continues? Would that slow down his bone age from surpassing his chronological age? I think I remember a conversation about this between Harbison and STanhope at convention two years ago, but can't honestly remember if they agreed or not. Help! Beth H. Mom to Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Hi Beth, OK, I was getting tripped up on the wording. By the way, Did I start something with this Jenn B.S. thing? I hope she doesn't mind. Ken M > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > I just got back from Matt's GI appointment. She is extremely > > > > pleased that we are no longer forcing him to eat, and that the > > > > feeding therapy has started and he is doing well. > Unfortunately, > > > he > > > > has lost 3 pounds, but she is hoping he levels off and gains > some > > > of > > > > that back. His height, however, is really taking off(almost > an > > > inch > > > > in the last 4 months). The GI is ok with his weight as long > as > > he > > > > continues to gain linear growth. > > > > > > > > I just got back Matt's bone age that the endo did at the end > of > > > > December. Matt's bone age is almost his chronological age. > > > > > > > > The GI said to me, in an off hand way when she was charting > his > > > > height/weight, that he can no longer be considered SGA? > What? I > > > > thought once SGA, always? But, it does seem that his linear > > > growth > > > > is a direct result of his weight gain, since we haven't > increased > > > > his growth hormone in over a year. > > > > > > > > So, has anyone tried to stop GH and see if the growth > continues? > > > > Would that slow down his bone age from surpassing his > > > chronological > > > > age? I think I remember a conversation about this between > > > Harbison > > > > and STanhope at convention two years ago, but can't honestly > > > > remember if they agreed or not. > > > > > > > > Help! > > > > Beth H. > > > > Mom to Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Sorry, guys! I think that I wasn't clear at all. What I meant wasn't that his weight didn't have something to do with the height increase; caloric deprivation will definitely impact height; I don't know how " deprived " or underweight he was until this latest weight gain. I just meant that it sounded like your GI doctor gave the reason that since his GH dosage hadn't changed in the last year, then it couldn't have been GH that helped his height, and it must have been just the weight. I disagree with that supposition. Does that make sense? Maybe I am reading the doctor's explanation wrong. Plus if Matt gained the weight but then lost 3 pounds, it makes me wonder how the weight truly impacted his height. also had a sudden growth spurt after not having grown, but at this SAME time is when her bone age also rapidly accelerated. It makes me wonder how much of the sudden height growth is tied to the bone age advancement (e.g., wondering if adrenarche/puberty is beginning and the sudden increase in height is due to that). Bottom line is that I have NO CLUE! HA!!!! Jenn > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > I just got back from Matt's GI appointment. She is extremely > > > > pleased that we are no longer forcing him to eat, and that the > > > > feeding therapy has started and he is doing well. > Unfortunately, > > > he > > > > has lost 3 pounds, but she is hoping he levels off and gains > some > > > of > > > > that back. His height, however, is really taking off(almost > an > > > inch > > > > in the last 4 months). The GI is ok with his weight as long > as > > he > > > > continues to gain linear growth. > > > > > > > > I just got back Matt's bone age that the endo did at the end > of > > > > December. Matt's bone age is almost his chronological age. > > > > > > > > The GI said to me, in an off hand way when she was charting > his > > > > height/weight, that he can no longer be considered SGA? > What? I > > > > thought once SGA, always? But, it does seem that his linear > > > growth > > > > is a direct result of his weight gain, since we haven't > increased > > > > his growth hormone in over a year. > > > > > > > > So, has anyone tried to stop GH and see if the growth > continues? > > > > Would that slow down his bone age from surpassing his > > > chronological > > > > age? I think I remember a conversation about this between > > > Harbison > > > > and STanhope at convention two years ago, but can't honestly > > > > remember if they agreed or not. > > > > > > > > Help! > > > > Beth H. > > > > Mom to Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Colin just had a huge growth spurt and his bone age increased 18 mo. in a 13 mo. time frame. He is not in adrenarche and the Endo could not explain the bone age advancement other than the fact that he grew so much (25%ile to 40%ile in height with no GH). He also did not gain weight during this time. I sure would like to understand this better! > > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > > I just got back from Matt's GI appointment. She is > extremely > > > > > pleased that we are no longer forcing him to eat, and that > the > > > > > feeding therapy has started and he is doing well. > > Unfortunately, > > > > he > > > > > has lost 3 pounds, but she is hoping he levels off and gains > > some > > > > of > > > > > that back. His height, however, is really taking off (almost > > an > > > > inch > > > > > in the last 4 months). The GI is ok with his weight as long > > as > > > he > > > > > continues to gain linear growth. > > > > > > > > > > I just got back Matt's bone age that the endo did at the end > > of > > > > > December. Matt's bone age is almost his chronological age. > > > > > > > > > > The GI said to me, in an off hand way when she was charting > > his > > > > > height/weight, that he can no longer be considered SGA? > > What? I > > > > > thought once SGA, always? But, it does seem that his linear > > > > growth > > > > > is a direct result of his weight gain, since we haven't > > increased > > > > > his <a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href= " http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp? si=24 & k=growth%20hormone " onmouseover= " window.status='growth hormone'; return true; " onmouseout= " window.status=''; return true; " >growth hormone</a> in over a year. > > > > > > > > > > So, has anyone tried to stop GH and see if the growth > > continues? > > > > > Would that slow down his bone age from surpassing his > > > > chronological > > > > > age? I think I remember a conversation about this between > > > > Harbison > > > > > and STanhope at convention two years ago, but can't honestly > > > > > remember if they agreed or not. > > > > > > > > > > Help! > > > > > Beth H. > > > > > Mom to Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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