re: No growth
Apr. 10th, 2007   7:34am

Eden-

I can relate!  My younger boy (SW but due to hypoplasia) has been about the same weight for close to 4 months-  he is a little older than your son-  14 months-  his height isn’t stellar-  at his last endo check up in Feb- he is no longer "on the charts" for linear growth-  his doc reduced his corteff dose- stating he felt Johnny was getting too much and that could be having an impact (he also reduced my older son’s dose at the same time-  same reason- poor linear growth).  I know my boys scenario is different- we don’t have any androgen’s that need to be suppressed- so it is probably easier to reduce the dose.  I also decided to increase Johnny’s sodium supp.-  these seems to help some-  the doc was telling us to decrease..........  Johnny’s body just wasn’t ready.

Also- I talked to the boys’ ped (who saved my younger son’s life- she truly is a godsend) and talked to her about "typical" growth in a "healthy" child-  this made me a lot more comfortable with Johnny’s growth-  and don’t forget you son is probably starting to really move around alot!!!  Most kids start to slim down at this stage- 

Take care- Gwen

Gwen
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