Re: Re: To Beth D.
8/8/01 9:49 AM

Well, to make a long story short......Julia was not diagnosed until she was 5.  At that point her bone age had advanced well beyond her age (I believe it was about 11 at that time), which I think is all part of the precocious puberty which is secondary to her CAH (confusing, huh???).  When she was 7 she was started on Growth Hormone Therapy, to see if we can help her grow to be over 5 ft (without therapy they were predicting approx 4' 10").  Well, it's working great!!!  She is now over 5' 1"...pretty tall for a 9 year old, but not for an adult.  We are hoping to get another 2+inches out of this, but we'll see.  Look for Julia's picture on the banner....she's got wavy/curly light brown hair, freckles and a blue striped shirt.

Any more questions, feel free to ask.

Beth

Beth D.
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