[tri-med] Re: GHT

Holly,

Is TES the electrical stimulation machine?  I am not sure of the technical
term.

Is everyone happy with the growth spurts Morgan has?  Sometimes I can't tell
if it is a good thing or not:o)

Thank you
Nicole mom to Alyssa 4 (going on 21, keeping me busy, and keeping my hair
from getting to long because I'm pulling it out), Sierra 2.9 years (partial
trisomy 18 q, my brightest ray of sunshine on a gloomy day), Kobey 1 (true
mama's boy through and through, climbing, pinching, and loving), and Joe my
wonderful husband of 8 yrs. (without his support I would be in the funny
farm by now!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Holly McCormick" <hmmmcormick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "tri-med" <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 8:28 AM
Subject: [tri-med] Re: GHT


>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Karen" <karens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Do children with T-18 (full not partial) benefit from GH? Good
question
>
> A few years ago we became interested in GH for Morgan.  I know he was
> always growing good, but he seemed so small.  A ped. endocrinologist
> followed him for about a year, he had the testing done (short test, I
> believe) and it came back normal.  She couldn't justify it for Morgan.
And
> at the end of a year she said he had grown the same percentage as any
other
> boy his age would in a year, it's just that he started smaller and he
would
> have to grow alot to catch up.
>
> Over the last 2 yrs., in particular, Morgan has grown a ton.  His physical
> therapist thinks possibly some of it has to do with the TES.  It is really
> only a theory and nothing has been studied or published, but at the
> hospital where Morgan receives therapy they have found that many of the
> kids getting the TES have had big growth spurts while on it.  The idea is
> that because it is done while sleeping (as Karen mentioned GH production
is
> at its highest during sleep) the e-stim is also stimulating more GH.  It's
> just a theory, but it certainly seems to apply to Morgan.
>
>
> The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
> Old Chinese Proverb
>
> --- Holly, wife of Mike, mom of Morgan (6 yrs.) unbalanced translocation
> t18q+ and 9p-,  & IS, mommy to Bonnie (border collie, spaniel mix)
>     Des Moines, IA
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>
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>

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