Guest guest Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 Thanks to all who responded to my post last week. Apologies for the delayed reply - we've been travelling. FYI, my husband (while I was travelling) hit upon a solution that works (at least for the meantime) He gave Max a Skittle candy - told him to bite down on it (like cowboys bite on a bullet) when the needle goes in. Like most 5 y.o. boys Max thinks this is wonderful and we're now giving shots in record time! Thanks for all your input - we're incorporating a lot of it, too. Frances - mom to Max 5.75 RSS SID and Helen (almost 7) > > Hi all, > My son, Max, is 5.5 with SGA and maybe RSS (borderline case & we > haven't had the genetics tests done yet. Our endo says maybe, Dr. H > says maybe not.) Max started GH (genotropin) at the end of August & is > responding very well (growth rate has doubled! yeah!) > > The problem is he's now really fighting the GH shots - tonight the > battle lasted 22 minutes and is a real emotional struggle for my > husband & me. > > He's never been shy of shots before but we had a couple of bad > experiences early on (he has only 8% body fat - our trainer measured > him) and once or twice the shots were very painful. > > We've tried giving them in his sleep but the needle startles him and he > squirms and swats with his hand so that you can't get the whole dose in > (he gets a 1.0 dose) > > He's studying graphs at school and we make a graph of how much he > thinks it's going to hurt, how much it actually hurt (almost nothing) > and how long it took. This worked for the first couple of nights, but > isn't working any more. > > Any suggestions??? > > Thanks, > Frances - mother of Max SGA/RSS? age 5.75 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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