Mia's Health Update

Just a quick update about Mia's health. She has only been sick (respiratory infection) once since seeing the hematologist in May and her levels looked good then. So we just had to go back for a recheck at Texas Oncology today. They drew blood from her arm and she did very well. Very calm and brave, she really is such a good baby. Or a good kid she's really not a baby at all anymore :(

All of her white blood cells, red cells, hemoglobin and all were elevated from the last visit which was very good news. He told us he would look at her iron stores, ferritin count, when the test came back, but that he anticipated that it would have gone up, too. He told us we no longer had to come see him, but could just follow up with the pediatrician. Then I got the call about an hour later: the test came back and her iron stores have dropped 3 points in the last 6 months which puts her at the very bottom of normal. Literally, normal is 10-250 and she is at 10. So, it just means she now has iron deficiency anemia, which is strange because her iron levels were fine before and they had taken her off iron because it did not appear her anemia was related to iron. However, it now looks like it is and so we are doing an iron rich diet and will have to go back to the hematologist in February to have all the levels checked, again. Not the best news, but definitely not the worst you can get at a Pediatric Oncology Center. I am so thankful that is all it is.