Well Scott saw the endocrinologist and they did some tests and examined him. Well the bone age test showed that Scott's bone age is very severely delayed and that his bone age is that of a newborn. I was pretty upset when I found this out but the endocrinology nurse practitioner said that it is not necessarily a bad thing because it just gives him longer to grow. My concern was that if it still said he is a newborn then are his bones growing at all and she said yes they are but they are just delayed and they would like to see him back in like 4 to 6 months to recheck this so they know at what rate his bones are aging at and they can get a better idea at what is going on. Well I understand that there is a process and things have to be done a certain way it's just crazy because as a mom I wanna know what's wrong and what can be done now. Also I spoke with her and she said that his growth hormones are at normal levels. They are at the very low end of normal but they are still within normal range. Also he is in the 5th percentile for his weight for height but he is still off the chart for his weight and length both for his age. I asked her if in her medical opinion it would be a good idea to get a sweat test to check for cystic fibrosis since the main sign of that is poor weight gain and being small and she said absolutely. As long as we are ruling everything else out we might as well rule that out too. It is scary to think of but I just keep telling myself they are just ruling it out so we know that is not the reason for Scott's problems with the weight gain and growing and all that. The endocrinologist said she wants Scott tested for celiac's disease so we can find out if he is allergic to gluten and wheat because with all of his other allergies it is possible is allergic to that also. That would mean that he would be allergic to the gluten as well as the milk, soy, eggs, nuts, fish, and shellfish. I am going to start posting on here Scott's recipes that I find so if other people have children allergic to a lot of stuff we can share our successful recipes and hope to help each other out. Also we are being referred to a gastroenterologist to make sure that everything is ok in that department also. We just wanna make sure everything is ok and it is just that Scott is small or a "late bloomer". On my SO's side of the family I'm pretty sure they were all late bloomers. I know Brandon's 3rd grade teacher (weird I know) and she said Brandon (who is my fiance and Scott's dad) that Brandon was always the short skinny little boy in the class and she recently saw him and she could not believe that Brandon is over 6 feet tall haha. Also I know both of his brothers all the sudden just kinda sprouted up outta know where and they were always small when they were younger and then just kinda shot up. Hopefully this is what is going to happen with Scott it is just crazy to hear all the comments I get from people. I had one lady say how sweet and adorable my son was and then asked how old he was and I said he is almost a year and a half and she said oh my what is wrong with him. I understand she may not have meant it the way it sounded it was just kinda aggravating because I get this a lot. Plus the fact the my son is 17 months old and is only 15 lbs. 10 oz. and is still in 6 to 9 month clothing. Well I will let everyone know what the gastroenterologist says and I will let you know what happens. Thanks for the support and let's all just pray it is the "late bloomer" deal!!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Endocrinology results
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