is José

[Guest guest]

Hi again to all of you! It feels really great reading all your

messages. I am so sorry I did not read them before, I just have been

very-very busy although that is not an excuse....

First, the good news...GH has been approved by our health insurance and

we started the therapy last Wednesday. It hasn't been easy, he is so

scared. We were recommended to wait until he is asleep and use a

topical anesthetic (EMLA) but still he wakes up and cries a lot

terrified. He is only 4 and I really don't know how to explain to him

what is going on. But, we know is for his own good and will do

whatever it takes, my husband and I needs to hold him very tight to

inject him. How do you do it?. It is OK to use this anesthetic?. Is

there a better way? We are using the Genotropin pen, please help.

Right now, he is so scare that he fights a lot to fall asleep and we

have been injecting him very late at night (about 10pm-11pm).

I did not say much in my previous message about us and here is some

background. We live in Puerto Rico and we are a " big " family. I have

3 kids, Marie (7), is José (4) and Andres (2).

is is been treated by Dr. Simon Carlo (Genetics) and Dr.

Bourdony (Endocrinologist), both are very good doctors.

I really thank you for been there.

Griselle

[Guest guest]

Hi Griselle

Welcome to the group!

As far as the needles go when my son started to refuse to go to sleep

(because he was so anxious he would be getting the needle once he was

asleep) we had to move to " before bed " needles.

It's great to do the needle " at bed time " but that has never been

clearly defined. I usually do Adam's needle around 9-10 p.m. Now he

may go to sleep within 5 minutes or, on some occasions, he is still

up 2 hours later!! You might try taking the anxiety out of a " bed

time " or " after asleep " needle and do it an hour before and right

after that needle, spend some real hugging/book reading/loving time

with him. It won't work right away, but it eventually gets better. No

one that I have ever read about has had to stop the injections due to

this factor.

Also are you using the alcohol swabs? Most of us have done away with

that. Our kids are not filthy dirty and the alcohol causes a lot of

stinging. For my son, I told him 'we won't use the swab anymore and

it won't hurt'. The power of suggestion is strong!! He didn't hurt as

much because I had said that, so he was more willing to continue.

Also, one thing I HAVE TO DO with my son is make sure his thigh

muscle is relaxed. I feel the muscle before I inject. If he is tense,

it does hurt!! Now if you are holding your guy down and he's

screaming and squirming you won't get much in the way of relaxed

muscles. But if you can somehow tell him " if you just relax, close

your eyes, mommy will hold your hand, and daddy will do the needle "

it won't hurt as much. For Adam if the muscle is tense, he readjusts

his position (move the leg one way or the other) and the muscles

soften.

Good luck, I know it's not easy. I don't have a " spouse " to hold Adam

down, and back in the beginning it was horrible doing it on my own.

It does get better.

Debby

>

> Hi again to all of you! It feels really great reading all your

> messages. I am so sorry I did not read them before, I just have

been

> very-very busy although that is not an excuse....

>

> First, the good news...GH has been approved by our health insurance

and

> we started the therapy last Wednesday. It hasn't been easy, he is

so

> scared. We were recommended to wait until he is asleep and use a

> topical anesthetic (EMLA) but still he wakes up and cries a lot

> terrified. He is only 4 and I really don't know how to explain to

him

> what is going on. But, we know is for his own good and will do

> whatever it takes, my husband and I needs to hold him very tight to

> inject him. How do you do it?. It is OK to use this anesthetic?.

Is

> there a better way? We are using the Genotropin pen, please help.

> Right now, he is so scare that he fights a lot to fall asleep and

we

> have been injecting him very late at night (about 10pm-11pm).

>

> I did not say much in my previous message about us and here is some

> background. We live in Puerto Rico and we are a " big " family. I

have

> 3 kids, Marie (7), is José (4) and Andres (2).

> is is been treated by Dr. Simon Carlo (Genetics) and Dr.

> Bourdony (Endocrinologist), both are very good doctors.

>

> I really thank you for been there.

>

> Griselle

>