Allergy Hero!

Here is the unusual story of a boy who grew up with several food allergies or intolerances, as well as asthma, and used several kinds of steroids and antihistamines to combat these problems. He is now in high school and is very active, in fact is a starter on the basketball team, but he hasn’t grown an inch since the 8th grade and measures in at 5′7″ tall. Though below the national average, this is not that unusual of a height to reach, especially for someone that may not be done growing yet. What makes this suspicious is that the boy’s mother is 5-10, his 13 year old sister is 6-2, his brother is 6-4, and his father is 6-7. Is his height issue, which hasn’t slowed him down any, a result of the allergies or the treatment for them? That is something we may never know.