tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804257678562112660.post8703000439786855499..comments2023-08-10T04:26:14.930-06:00Comments on Celebrating All Families: QuittersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804257678562112660.post-395262598852480392007-03-21T14:16:00.000-06:002007-03-21T14:16:00.000-06:00Beth, Thanks for the info! I'm a little scared of ...Beth, Thanks for the info! I'm a little scared of the idea of giving shots! I know we will do whatever we need to in order to give her the best opportunities!Fostermamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17484574574785705446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804257678562112660.post-47339857793328998162007-03-21T09:50:00.000-06:002007-03-21T09:50:00.000-06:00My partner and I fostered a little boy for one mon...My partner and I fostered a little boy for one month who had an abnormal pituitary gland and had to take all his hormones as either oral medications or injections. His condition was kind of extreme because his body did not produce any hormones naturally, and wiothout his medications he wouldn't just not grow -- he would really be in a life threatening situation.<BR/><BR/>The growth hormone was intimidating at first because it was a subcutaneous injection so we had to learn to give a needle. Luckily for us he was already very used to it, and cooperated! We also got good training at a big children's hospital in our city. Once we got used to it, it was not too bad. It was also very expensive and therefore a big hassle with the insurance company.<BR/><BR/>In training they told us that many kids get a growth hormone deficiency as a side effect of some other condition like cancer. But growth hormone deficiency can also happen in ex-preemies (our little guy had been a preemie). <BR/><BR/>Certainly there's no harm in seeing an endocrinologist. The growth hormone is so outrageously expensive and difficult to get, it's unlikely anyone will prescribe it lightly! We were lucky to have an endocrinologist who was very accessible and did not like to overmedicate kids, and we felt confident in her decision.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537772630553572266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804257678562112660.post-55872210173489337552007-03-19T22:30:00.000-06:002007-03-19T22:30:00.000-06:00I don't know if you're familiar with it, but there...I don't know if you're familiar with it, but there's a pill that is being prescribed for people to stop smoking and it's working wonders! Your mom should look into it. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804257678562112660.post-87960690485104664702007-03-19T21:42:00.000-06:002007-03-19T21:42:00.000-06:00J was placed with us at age 38months and weighed 2...J was placed with us at age 38months and weighed 22.4 pounds and was 33" tall. So about the same size as Lili. We see an endocrinologist every 3months. When they ran her blood work he discovered that her FTT wasnt actually hormone related and that (thankfully) we didnt need HGH(yet) He has continued to moniter her. I am so happy to say now at 47months old she is now 36" tall and weighs 29.3lbs!!!!!!! so that 3and 1/2"'s and SEVEN pounds in 9months! She was 9 lbs at 9months and only 18 lbs at 2! I wish you luck at the endo and I hope Lili doesnt end up needing the hormones...the last year has been just what J needs to finally make it onto the charts! 3% but we are ON the chart!MommyNayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959938025230597364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804257678562112660.post-67959307368993694732007-03-19T17:14:00.000-06:002007-03-19T17:14:00.000-06:00Yay for the Amby! They should give me a little som...Yay for the Amby! They should give me a little somethin' for all the hammocks I've off-loaded for them. Two in the past month, in fact.<BR/><BR/>CJs foot is so cute! I was just munching Squeak's feet earlier, in fact.FosterMommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05241142922558590017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804257678562112660.post-70081335796783877452007-03-19T15:51:00.000-06:002007-03-19T15:51:00.000-06:00I'm glad to hear that he's sleeping better. Yay!I'm glad to hear that he's sleeping better. Yay!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08954918065641135178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804257678562112660.post-12160248266865457172007-03-19T12:48:00.000-06:002007-03-19T12:48:00.000-06:00p.s. Congrats on quitting smoking!p.s. Congrats on quitting smoking!Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06956114780055557451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804257678562112660.post-49533713105420709802007-03-19T12:47:00.000-06:002007-03-19T12:47:00.000-06:00So much to comment on! I'm glad CJ is doing well. ...So much to comment on! I'm glad CJ is doing well. That has to be hard on his little body to wean off of the methadone. I'm glad he's handling it well.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with the potty training. Hopefully the fascination with TP was satisfied with that one venture, though. <BR/><BR/>I have no experience with GH. But I know that the little guy I hosted from Russia was very, very tiny and I worried about it becoming problematic. He was so tiny he didn't land on the growth charts at all, either. (8 years old, 42 pounds) I was worried about how he'd do socially in school being so much smaller than the other kids.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06956114780055557451noreply@blogger.com