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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she is eating and drinking normally and otherwise developing appropriately and not having GI issues, there is nothing drs will do.  Sure they can refer you to a pediatric endocrinologist who will run a bunch of tests and charge your insurance $$$ but that is all that will come of it.  The tests will be normal.  Even if growth hormone is low (which is probably isn’t), giving growth hormone is highly risky and you are better off with a short normal child. [/quote]

You have no idea what you're talking about lol. You have no way to know if the tests will be normal or show a serious deficiency it celiac. Good armchair doctor ing though[/quote]

Lol.  Ok, go and get a bunch of tests then. Maybe add on a bone density screening, gi scope, and a full body mri just in case.  You don’t want to miss anything.  Drs love parents like you.  [/quote]
+1 This is so silly. The wrist scan is really fast and delivers pretty good information. There is no need to go to an endocrinologist before a bone scan (in fact, the endocrinologist will want a bone scan first anyway!).

OP, my child had a bone scan done and it’s painless. The child is projected to be shorter than their siblings, but the x-ray gave us peace of mind. As the ped said, there is a reason that height is a spectrum and someone’s kid will have to be on the short end.[/quote]

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