Posted on 06/12/2018 3:18:27 AM PDT by dangus
My son has pretty much stopped growing about 2 years ago. He gained about 2 inches at a time when he should have gained about 8. He was already short for his age. He just graduated Kindergarten, but looks more like he's just ready for pre-school.
He's extremely smart, and has a WAY higher "EQ" than I do. So, he manages to enjoy school and especially aftercare; he has very good friends, is very popular, and has the girls fawning at him straight up to the eighth grade. With such good friends, and an inventive mind, he finds ways to participate in sports and play. But he can't really compete.
We're going to find out if the issue is Human Growth Hormone Deficiency. I suspect it is, because HGHD is often caused by an interruption in the brain's air supply during birth, and, as a preemie, he did have significant difficulty transitioning to breathing air.
I love him so much just the way he is, and, truth be told, I'm a little afraid of him growing up so much so quickly. But HGHD has health issues which affect people in their adulthood, significantly increasing the chances of medical problems which may result in early death, but it's not clear that HGH treatments improve life expectancy. And in the meanwhile, he has very low muscle tone, and can run only about half the speed of other kids.
Does anyone know whether there are any ethical issues with Human Growth Hormone treatments? I understand the HGH is synthetic now, but are there cloning issues nonetheless? Anyone with good or bad experiences with HGH?
I’m not aware of any
Wish I could afford it
Short stature. Idiopathic growth hormone deficiency. Nothing else wrong, just zero growth hormone. None of our other nine children has had it.
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