Good news:
All her blood tests came back totally, 100%, normal.
Other news:
The results of her bone aging xray were pretty conclusive. She has a Constitutional Growth Delay.
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Constitutional growth delay: This condition describes children who are small for their ages but who are growing at a normal rate. They usually have a delayed "bone age," which means that their skeletal maturation is younger than their age in years. (A child's bone age is measured by taking an X-ray of a child's hand and wrist and comparing it to standard X-ray findings seen in children of the same age.) These children don't have any signs or symptoms of diseases that affect growth. They tend to reach puberty later than their peers do, with delay in the onset of sexual development and the pubertal growth spurt. But because they continue to grow until an older age, they tend to catch up to their peers when they reach adult height.
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Miss Bean is 6 years 1 month 2 days old. Her "bone age" is 4 years 2 months.
We will still go ahead with the appointments with GI and Endo - as well as an appointment with the FTT clinic to further address her GI issues.
So, as it stands... there is absolutely nothing we can do about the CGD. But, it's important that we do our best to keep her self esteem up. In all likelihood, puberty will be delayed as well.
I was a "late-bloomer" myself. For a while in tweens / early teens... my sister, who is 5 years younger than me, was taller than me. I didn't hit 5" tall until after starting high school. It's hereditary, and we obviously know where she got it. I was never dx with anything... but then again, my parents never took me to the doctor.
08-08-2007, 07:59 PM
Brenna's Test Results....
