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Had our follow up visit to the endocrinologist from our December 31st visit where we decided to wait for further testing in the hopes that remicade would do the trick and kick start things. Well he is doing fabulously well on remicade and everybody is pleased with his weight but.... even though he has grown an inch in the last 4 months he is know even further down on the growth chart. So since he initially showed low level of human growth hormone he would like to do further testing as he hasn't moved any further along on the puberty level either. Jack will be 15 in July and he feels if there is something else going on we need to be on top of it now!
He says it usually takes a couple of months to get in to do the testing but based on Jack's age he is going to try and move some people around and get us in ASAP!
So it is a 4 hour blood draw test. They put in an IV and take a fasting glucose level, then a shot of some kind of protein and draw I think it was 4 more times over the next couple of hours, then a shot of glucagen and draw a few more times over the next couple of hours at least that is what I think I remember... If that shows low levels, they will do an MRI of pituitary gland and commence 7 days of HGH shots.
Anyone else with experience? Anything I'm missing or should know or ask?
He says it usually takes a couple of months to get in to do the testing but based on Jack's age he is going to try and move some people around and get us in ASAP!
So it is a 4 hour blood draw test. They put in an IV and take a fasting glucose level, then a shot of some kind of protein and draw I think it was 4 more times over the next couple of hours, then a shot of glucagen and draw a few more times over the next couple of hours at least that is what I think I remember... If that shows low levels, they will do an MRI of pituitary gland and commence 7 days of HGH shots.
Anyone else with experience? Anything I'm missing or should know or ask?