Our insurance rocks and authorized growth hormone for Sydnee in just 3 days. They told us it would take 6 weeks! So on Sep. 24 they delivered her first month worth of medication, and then a nurse came out that night to show us how to give the injections. I was so glad my mom was able to come and learn too, since she stays with the kids when we do any over nighters. The nurse was great and though it was a lot of info, we all came away confident we could do it. She had me give Sydnee the first shot while she was here, and Sydnee panicked and wanted to make sure I was doing it and not the lady. So I think in her mind she's glad to be getting the injections at home from me and her dad, and not a doctor. That makes me feel better about the whole thing. The first couple days were very hard and then she started having good days, and days where she cried and cried about having to have shots. Now, almost a month in, she is doing great. Never puts up a fight, and actually asks for her shot a lot of times (most likely because she wants a treat). We ice it first and she doesn't feel it most of the time. I'm very proud of her for adjusting so quickly and being so brave.
The first night she had her shot, she was having a hard time and wondering why she is the only one who has to do it. I thought one way to make her feel better was a growth chart so she can actually see her progress as we go along. So we had her stand against the wall in her closet and drew a line to mark her height. A few days later, she was having pains in her legs. I told her it was probably growing pains. So that night while crying that she didn't want her shot she asked if I could measure her and see if she had grown. I told her it wasn't going to work that fast, but gave in because she was sad. So I measured again and me and Jeff were shocked! She had grown almost 1/4"! She was very excited and so were we. I think we will do an official measurement on the 24th of this month and see how much she grew the first month. Grow baby, grow!!
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