Surprisingly Justin passed his hormone growth stim test. The Dr. laughed and smiled when she showed me the results because she was shocked as well. But J's growth levels, although not significantly higher than what they like to see, were above 10. And his cortisol levels were really good.
The Dr. said this doesn't rule him out for hormone growth therapy. She wants to see J back in 4 months to remeasure him and if he hasn't had any growth then she'll do some additional work up. This surprised me though because after speaking with the Dr. at Toledo Children's Hospital I was under the impression that J would only qualify for growth therapy if he failed the stim test. But when I asked J's Dr. about that she said that there are actually 6 criteria and based on J's birth weight alone, insurance would more than likely cover the therapy. There are a couple of other indicators but they're too scientific for me to get into.
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