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[quote=Anonymous]OP- not sure if you are even reading these anymore, but we did go on growth hormones.
  I’m 5”7 and my husband 6.  My son was bball player, he got upset when we went in 7th snd 8th grader from totally in line to shortest on team. I blew off and told him it’s just how you develop.
   Then at his sports physical 8th grade I asked doctor for reassurance for my son. 
 I can’t remember my puberty -late or not-  husband grew in college a good bit.
   So doctor took closer review and got concerned. Son only grew 1 inch prior 2 yrs and went from 55th percentile to 12th.

We went through a lot of testing- a lot- bloodwork with pediatrician and then to a specialist for all day hospital test.  That testing was rough. He was low on growth hormone which had other implications. But before I did growth hormone- I flew to CHOP in Philly to see top specialist on growth.  It is a personal decision but for us the other health issues were as important- how it is intertwined with cholesterol, testosterone, all sorts of hormones. If he was short on this hormone, we wanted to resolve.  Not sure we would have done for height alone. Although height and that emotional perspective of being short for guys is discussed by these doctors in your desire for GH. 
    Daily shots now for 4 years. He is now 6”1 and still on it. They do 6 month bone plate X-ray and as long as he’s growing we continue. 
   But his height is now taller than most.  
   We always wonder where he would have grown without. We met with multiple specialist as it is tough decision but has worked out.

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