Friday, February 17, 2012

More growth, but a sick boy!

The boy has been very, very sick this week. He had to leave his preschool on Tuesday and that was it for the week. He spiked a fever and has an awful cough. As is customary with him we borderline panicked and he has been to the Dr. twice. I took him today. He has bronchitis or whatever the going thing is. That will get better, I hope. What stood out was that when measured today the boy was 41 inches. That is another two inches since his last appointment. He is so tall an so very skinny. We will have to fatten him up, but the fact that he has grown even more was the silver lining in the week of fever and coughing. The genotropin had nothing to do with him getting sick. He just got a flu or something. The boy continues to grow. He doesn't go back to the Dr. for two months but he will be way over 40 inches. He was over that milestone today. The medication has worked for growth. Now if only the antibiotics will anti the biotics and he will feel better. I will hang my close on this line..C..L..O..S..E..

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Three months of Genotropin injections

Today marks the third month of Genotropin injections for the boy. He has grown a full two inches since November. We just measured him again. He grew. He didn't grow as much as he had in the previous months, but he did grow. His squirmy self was very hard to measure by the door. I've mentioned that he was 39 inches at his Dr. appointment. I'd guess he is closer to 40 inches now than he was then. He has grown and we are very pleased. I don't know what I expected sitting in this seat three months ago. I guess I wanted the boy to get his growth on par with others his age and then be done with the shots. Well he has grown but he isn't near average for his age. He was in the 13th percentile at the last appointment. That is way below average. His mom and I are average size. We don't have any genetic history of dwarfism in our families so 13th percentile isn't quite where he should be. He isn't normal with his blood levels of hormone. He has come way up but he still has a climb to get to normal levels. My pipe dream of giving a few months of shots and then just moving on isn't going to come to fruition, but the shots have helped. Hopefully the boy will continue to grow. He is a joy to be around. He is the cutest kid in the world. I know every dad would say that. All of them would be lying, I am telling the truth. I'll hang my close on this line....................