Edmonton family hit a wall trying to refill 8-year-old sons dwindling medication [Video]

Jaclyn Kuffel and John Jerrett’s eight-year-old son, Peter, was diagnosed with a human growth hormone deficiency after the parents noticed their son wasn’t growing.

That was when the family lived in Turkey, where Jerrett had a job with the Canadian Armed Forces at the Canadian Embassy.

They initially saw a pediatrician there, then were observed by a pediatric endocrinologist for two years — during which time Peter dropped to the 1st-percentile for height for his age.

The endocrinologist then prescribed Genotropin — an injectable human growth hormone. The family said Peter began growing once he started the daily medication.

“He began his treatment’s in February,” Kuffel said.

They moved to Edmonton in July and brought as much medication as they could, but now it’s running out.

The family said Genotropin is a restricted drug in Canada and only endocrinologists are allowed to prescribe it.

“He doesn’t know he only has a week left,” Jerrett said. “We just told him we’re working on …