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Hi, has anyone with a child/teen with CKD decided to give growth hormones to their child? How did you make that decision and at what age did you begin? Or did you decide against it? We are being pressured to do so for the happiness of our child but have time to decide. I am wanting to let our child decide when he gets a little older.

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Hi MM! Father of a 3.5 YO CKD Stage 3 son over here. We started our son on GH shortly after his 2nd birthday. Happy to share more details on our thought process, experiences, and results! Shoot me a chat.

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