Our Journey Starts

Hello! I started this blog because I would love to bless and help someone else that is going through the rough and emotional journey of having a child with Growth Hormone Deficiency. Let me give you some background on Liam. He was born in January 2012 at 36 weeks gestation. He was 5 lbs. 7 oz. and so stinking cute. He was born with one ear folded over and one sticking further out but after hearing tests they determined it was only cosmetic and not medical. He was in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for 7 days due to low blood sugar, apnea (stops breathing then starts again) that he developed on day two and not eating well. Due to the apnea the doctor ordered a brain scan because apnea can develop if brain bleeding occurs. They found no brain bleeding at all but said they saw a "variant of normal" on the right side of his brain. Yeah we we're not too sure either. They said we wouldn't know if something was wrong until he starts developing. Ugh. Not what you want to hear as parents. He was released from the hospital and came home with us and did really well.