Yeah, yeah, corny joke...I know. I'm trying here!
I talked to Dr. S, the GI specialist who's seeing Zoe. The bloodwork came back, and while they aren't BAD, they aren't great. It turns out she is slightly anemic. A normal number is 33 (what I don't what the numbers mean) and she's 32.5. Does that mean we are going to be freaking out here? No, but that doesn't mean we can just take a wait and see approach. From what I've been able to gather, reading sources online and talking to the dr/nurse at the pediatrician's office....if you don't treat it, it could become something serious, so we are. The normal course of action is 3 months of iron, with a hemogram check in a month. This is a test to check her iron levels in her blood. We also need to see the GI dr in one month instead of 2. THis is because the dr wants me to go off of eggs as well. So, I'm off of eggs until further notice, we go back in a month, and hopefully no more blood in the stool.
We really hope this takes care of things...the blood in the stool, the slight anemia, the spit up even. Keep your fingers crossed!
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