For insuranc eto pay for these treatments they really have to find a problem,or a hormone dificency.Gabby goes to school with a friend and at 8 yrs old the bone scan in his hand measured that of a 4yr old.
He had to go though a whole series of tests to detemine if he had a deficiency.He was hospitlized for 24 hrs and hey contently took his blood in this 24 hr period to determine if he need this treatment.It turns out he had a slight deficiencey and his parents really had to fight the insurance company to get him he shots.They are extremly expensive.
If my child truly had a deficiency I would consider i it,especially if I had a boy,because I do think it is harder for a boy to be shorter.Gabby's friend who has received the treatments is still on the shorter side,but he is closer in height to the shorter boys in his class.However even with the treatments he is never going to be tall He will probably be lucky to reach 5 ft 4 inches which is stoll considered short for a male.
I have a dd and she is probaly about average height for her age,although she does seem to be shorter than most of her friend she is about 57 and 1/2 inches.Alot of her 11-12 yr old friends are already 5 ft or over.Even if Gabby were on the shorter side I doubt I give her the shots,but she is a girl and it is easier for a girl to be short.
She used to want to be really tall,Now she says she would be happy being about 5 ft 2 since that is the height of Reese Witherspoon.I am almost 5 ft 3 inches and dh is 5 ft 6 inces,so neither of us is very tall,but we aren't short either.MIL is not even 5 ft..The long term side effects would worry me,because we truly don't know what they are.
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If my child lacked the hormones to grow I certainly would.
I would only do it if, after many consultations with many doctors, Sherina was still in the 10th %ile for growth.
How do you think I feel?
For insuranc eto pay for these treatments they really have to find a problem,or a hormone dificency.Gabby goes to school with a friend and at 8 yrs old the bone scan in his hand measured that of a 4yr old.
He had to go though a whole series of tests to detemine if he had a deficiency.He was hospitlized for 24 hrs and hey contently took his blood in this 24 hr period to determine if he need this treatment.It turns out he had a slight deficiencey and his parents really had to fight the insurance company to get him he shots.They are extremly expensive.
If my child truly had a deficiency I would consider i it,especially if I had a boy,because I do think it is harder for a boy to be shorter.Gabby's friend who has received the treatments is still on the shorter side,but he is closer in height to the shorter boys in his class.However even with the treatments he is never going to be tall He will probably be lucky to reach 5 ft 4 inches which is stoll considered short for a male.
I have a dd and she is probaly about average height for her age,although she does seem to be shorter than most of her friend she is about 57 and 1/2 inches.Alot of her 11-12 yr old friends are already 5 ft or over.Even if Gabby were on the shorter side I doubt I give her the shots,but she is a girl and it is easier for a girl to be short.
She used to want to be really tall,Now she says she would be happy being about 5 ft 2 since that is the height of Reese Witherspoon.I am almost 5 ft 3 inches and dh is 5 ft 6 inces,so neither of us is very tall,but we aren't short either.MIL is not even 5 ft..The long term side effects would worry me,because we truly don't know what they are.
Laura mom to Gabrielle
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