Re: Clonidine Test

[Guest guest]

From what I gather the clonidine and argenine test basically do the same thing

just two different chemicals. B/c that sounds basically the same as what they

did with aubrey when they did the argenine test. that's interesting

Jodie wrote:laura and jennifer,

jennifer i will explain it better by phone but what they do is they

give they the clonidine to make them sleepy and then they will take

blood every hour for 3 hours. they are checking to see how well her

body makes growth hormone!! and since you make your most when you are

asleep they are tricken her body by putting her to sleep.

christopher couldnt have anything to eat i believe it was after 12am

and then he could have only clear liquids up until 3 hrs before i

think?!?! they will let you know when you set up the appt for the

test. christopher also had the arginine stimulation test at the same

time. i had they monitor his BS too!! they checked it each time they

took the blood for the other samples. they will put in a i think it

was a shunt in her arm so they dont have to stick her over and over

again. christopher's BS dropped to 40 but that was during the last

hour of the test. so they ordered him a tray and had it ready so as

soon as the test was over he could eat and bring it back up. if they

would have done anything before that the test would have been ruined

they said.

he did really well, they just go to sleep. he sat on terry's lap and

then mine. he failed the test they said and was there for able to put

on the ght. usaully i know that dr h doesnt recommend the test because

it is no longer needed for rss kids to start ght, but she is probably

doing it to ashley to try and get a better understaning of what is

up!! christopher makes growth hormone but just not enough to make him

grow!! like i said iw ill explain it better to you on the phone

tomorrow!!

jodie c

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[Guest guest]

hey toyna

yes, he had both tests at the same time. so that is exactly what

happened as you said in your post, except we were only there 3hrs.

they said the force the body into like a painic state by dropping

the BS and this makes your body make growth hormone.

jodie c

laura and jennifer,

> jennifer i will explain it better by phone but what they do is

they

> give they the clonidine to make them sleepy and then they will

take

> blood every hour for 3 hours. they are checking to see how well

her

> body makes growth hormone!! and since you make your most when you

are

> asleep they are tricken her body by putting her to sleep.

>

> christopher couldnt have anything to eat i believe it was after

12am

> and then he could have only clear liquids up until 3 hrs before i

> think?!?! they will let you know when you set up the appt for the

> test. christopher also had the arginine stimulation test at the

same

> time. i had they monitor his BS too!! they checked it each time

they

> took the blood for the other samples. they will put in a i think

it

> was a shunt in her arm so they dont have to stick her over and

over

> again. christopher's BS dropped to 40 but that was during the

last

> hour of the test. so they ordered him a tray and had it ready so

as

> soon as the test was over he could eat and bring it back up. if

they

> would have done anything before that the test would have been

ruined

> they said.

>

> he did really well, they just go to sleep. he sat on terry's lap

and

> then mine. he failed the test they said and was there for able to

put

> on the ght. usaully i know that dr h doesnt recommend the test

because

> it is no longer needed for rss kids to start ght, but she is

probably

> doing it to ashley to try and get a better understaning of what is

> up!! christopher makes growth hormone but just not enough to make

him

> grow!! like i said iw ill explain it better to you on the phone

> tomorrow!!

>

> jodie c

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