3 months on GH great results!!

November 23, 2005

I haven't posted in a long time but I just had to let everyone know

about about my sons followup yesturday with Dr. H. When we had to

decide wether to start growth hormone we were scared. Anyway, my son

Jimmy started growth hormone 3 months ago. He was 3yrs 9 months. At

the time he was 91.6 cm and 11.8 kg. Jimmy, at the time was 4.08 SD

below target having only improved .09 sd in the previous 9 months

despite weight gain. He gained 4 pounds in 9 months. At this time he

was only on prevacid and periactin 1.5 mg at night because that is

all he could tolerate. 3 months ago he started growth hormone. He

just turned 4yrs old on sunday the 20th. We followed with Dr.H for

his 3 month check up. His current height is 94.9 and his current

weight is 12 kg. He's been sick the last month and lost weight, but

he was up to 12.4kg a month after starting gh and maintained that

for a month before getting sick. In 3 months he went from below the

3rd percentile to right on the 5th percentile for height. His muscle

mass has also improved and now he can turn the lights on and off by

his self and also unlock the deadbolt on the front door.(Thank god

he's a good listener)He has doubled his growth grate, currently

13.25yr over 3 months. Prior GV before gh 6.58cm/yr over .76yrs.Dr.

H also wrote " He was 4.08 sd below his target having only

improve .09 sd/0.76yrs despite wt gain before gh. Over this period

on gh he has recovered .45sd of his deficit in 3 months. " WOW!!!

Needless to say we are very excited and so so proud of our boy. He

really has been trying so hard dispite what his body is telling him.

He's trying new things like lentil soup, even thought he hates

beans, he ate the entire bowl. Thanks for listening and I hope this

will be encouraging to new parents of a RSS child.

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