Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
By Liam Kidston
31 October, 2017
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
By Liam Kidston
31 October, 2017
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
By Liam Kidston
31 October, 2017
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
By Liam Kidston
31 October, 2017
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
By Liam Kidston
31 October, 2017
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
By Liam Kidston
31 October, 2017
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
By Liam Kidston
31 October, 2017
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
By Liam Kidston
31 October, 2017
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
By Liam Kidston
31 October, 2017
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
By Liam Kidston
31 October, 2017
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
By Liam Kidston
31 October, 2017
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
Claire McCulloch Sunshine Coast Photo Shoot
By Liam Kidston
31 October, 2017
Without medical intervention Claire McCulloch would have grown to stand more than 2.5m tall.
That is bigger than the average NBL player (1.98m) and too tall to fit through a standard door (2.04m). Diagnosed with a rare condition called gigantism, Claire has stood head and shoulders above her peers from the age of four. But the Twin Waters 11-year-old’s rapid rise to great heights has been paused at 1.6m thanks to US surgeons. The Year Five student was diagnosed with gigantism at seven after doctors discovered a 2cm tumour on her pituitary gland. The non-cancerous tumour caused the gland to secrete too much growth hormone.
“Every year she was getting taller and taller than her friends,” her mother Toni McCulloch said.
The family of three travelled to Washington DC for help in 2015. There Claire underwent surgery to remove her pituitary gland. Claire’s growth is now on hold but in a few years she will start on growth hormones. 


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