Hi everyone,
I'm new here so you may have to forgive me for some things especially this long question!!!!
My son is 8 years old and at his last measuring in May was only 113cm.
As a bit of background he was born as 24 weeks weighing in at 1lb 6oz, he faced many problems including nec of the bowel which meant he had to have half of it removed when he was 2 weeks old. At 5 months old he got RSV after a 7 hour op to put them back together. He came home when he was 8 months old. He also had the usual problems including brain bleeds etc. A lot of his time in hospital meant he couldn't feed properly and had quite long bouts where his food was restricted because of either treatment he was receiving or problems with it coming up and shutting off his lungs. So growth was very slow.
However, his main problem now is at 8 years old and being so small due to his medical background, his peers have started rejecting him. When he was younger it was not so much an issue as young children accept everyone and everything. He is getting upset everyday because he is getting picked on, and is becoming angry and frustrated about his size. He is losing his happy go lucky character. He looks about 5 years old.
When I have previously mentioned this to his pead. he has told me not to worry as there are plenty of small children. He also stays on his growth line which is at the bottom of the centile so he doesn't have a hormone deficiency. However, I have not come across any as severely small as my son. Also, as it is now affecting him in this negative way I don't want this to be it for him for the rest of his school life and possibly adult life. I'd really like him to have growth hormone to at least get him to a reasonable height that makes his more acceptable.
Has anyone else had this problem, and if so how have you dealt with it? Should I press his doctor into doing something?
Any advice would be gratefully received.
Thanks
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extremely short 8 year old, is growth hormone an option?
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mumtopremie · 15/08/2012 05:17
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