How to tell a 3 year old that he needs to start Growth Hormone Treatment?

[azzurra]

Hello,
I have just been informed that on saturday we will receive the first treatment growth hormone treatment supply. My mind has gone completely blank and I need whatever suggestions you may have. My 3 year old has been diagnosed with Growth Hormone Deficiency in March. We will start the treatment in the next few days. I have postpone explanining this to him but I need to tell him now the problem is HOW?? I dO not really know. I do not what to mention injections he had to be hospitalised a few months ago and he is traumatised about the experience. Any ideas/ suggestions?

I'm not experienced with this, so this is just an idea :)

My own DD has had health trouble since very small, though nothing like this, but I have found explaining things to her in a simple, "non human" way worked best when she was tiny & ALWAYS with the prefix, because you are special :)

I would suggest trying some gardening with him before you go...

get some plug plants & re pot them - get some root boost or other type of fertiliser & get him to help you to repot the plants & let him put the fertiliser in the new pot himself - explain to him what this is for & how it helps the plant grow big & strong -

you can then lead onto telling him that most people are born with their own fertiliser hidden inside there bodies - but SPECIAL Children, who have big hearts, big brains because they are clever at XYZ - (fill this bit in with something that fits your DS - don't have enough room to store enough fertiliser, so like plants they need to be given extra to help them grow - you can then explain that happens at the hospital etc

HTH & hope it all goes well for you & your DS

Thanks Rockinhippy while reading I could picture how to do it and see that YES it can work!

Many thanks again!!!!

Exactly what rockingippy said. That is an amazing way to phrase it.

Hope it goes well c

Great - Glad to have helped :)

good luck