Dougie's Blood Update

On Friday, we took Dougie back into the doctor to get his blood checked again. He wanted to be sure that the iron was making enough improvement. On Saturday, they called with the results. His iron levels had jumped 3 points! The doctor told us we had to have a 1 point jump or Dougie would have to go to a specialist. Three points puts him just 0.2 points below a normal range. The doctor was thrilled with his progress, as were we. So, he needs to stay on the iron another month and then we're going to get him checked again. Assuming he's leveled off and in a normal range, then he'll be on iron for at least another month or two and then he can stop it. One more check a month after he stops will be sure that his levels are remaining in the normal range and then we can rest easy. It's still a long road but at least we know that we're going in the right direction.