Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Where do we go from here?

Let me preface this by saying that Sam sees quite a number of specialists and we visit doctors' offices every week. Almost all of the doctors that we see have very warm and friendly atmospheres for their little patients. Yeah, this is just like saying, "No offense, but..." (I hate it when people say that!) You know that I'm about to say something that is not so positive. Well, yesterday Sam had his appointment with the endocrinologist. As you may recall, this is the office that reminds me of the Seinfield episode with the man who yells,"No soup for you!" All of the patients' parents seem to be afraid of the receptionists. The sign tells you to sign in and to be seated. As you sign in, it seems like there must be an unwritten rule that you cannot make eye contact with any of the receptionists. They will not look at you unless your name was called out. I truly felt bad for the parents who brought siblings along. They must have not seen that other sign. Well, our appointment was at 2:00 and it was 3:00, but I was scared to ask them if we were scheduled for the right time. Oh by the way, they literally have a bulletin board that tells you that they rank in the top whatever for their professional services. You know if they have to have a bulletin board to tell you how nice they are, that that is not a good sign(literally). Well, I eventually mustered up my courage to ask her if we were there at the right time and she said yes. So, by 3:15, we saw the doctor. Sam had lost another pound with no noticeable growth in height. He seemed to be pretty perplexed at what to do. He wanted to run another test on Sam, but did not feel that he could get an I.V. in Sam because his veins were too small. So, his plan was to wait until July to run the next test. This is also when we will be seeing a geneticist. So, to make a long story a little shorter, nothing was done and Sam is still not growing. He did tell me that some kids just don't grow,even with hormones. So, where do we go from here? We're not sure.....

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