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[quote=Anonymous]I’m the poster whose son on GH-
Someone asked what doctor- ours happens to be one in KC because that’s where we lived at time. But the doctor at CHOP we consulted with was a female - has written some studies on growth hormone- can’t remember her name but you can Google her I’m sure. I found her when researching GH. 
   As mentioned growth hormone impacts many things so if that chemical level is low and your son is falling off or not staying consistent on the growth curve- it is approved to be necessary by insurance and most physicians. 
    Just being short/ just being late bloomer- not reasons from the doctors we met. It’s parent height, blood test, last year or two of growth and pattern on growth chart, and then final stimulation hospital stay test.  All that leads to diagnosis for treatments. We had it all. But if you only are short or late bloomer, I think you’d pass the stim test they do - so don’t think you would get approved. 
   It’s always up to parent. But we had all factors.  Son wasn’t “that short” actually. Just stopped growing. [/quote]

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