Yesterday was Allison's 6-month check-in with the endocrinologist (wow - first time I spelled that correctly without spell-check) in Madison. She briefly begged me to reschedule because it was pajama day at school (as if I knew that when making the appointment in JUNE).
She continues to grow, albeit slowly. Things they look for - BMI over 10th percentile (check), weight up (check - closing in of 50 lbs!), height up (check), growth velocity on par with the "late-bloomer" trendline (almost check). She didn't grow as fast in the second half of the year as she did in the first. She's still growing about 1 and a half inches per year.
In the next few years, even if she continues to grow, her percentile will drop because her peers will hit puberty and shoot up. We are going to stay in watch and wait mode for another 6 months (when they may repeat the bloodwork and x-rays).
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