The hematologist only accepts him when his iron levels are completely wiped out, because in their world he is not iron deficient as long as he is within tolerances. According to them, the fact that the values drop as soon as he stops taking the iron supplement is completely irrelevant.
During the time (April-December 2023) when we didn't give him iron supplements, he became incredibly tired, got very dark circles under his eyes and stopped growing.
In recent days we can see a change in the offspring. The dark circles under the eyes have almost completely disappeared and the fatigue has subsided a little.
Previously, he could fall asleep in his gaming chair long before it was time for him to go to bed. Now he chooses to go to bed around 9.30 p.m. on school nights instead. Actually, he is allowed to stay up until 10 p.m. on school nights, but the fatigue has not completely subsided yet. He is up gaming with his friends until midnight both Friday and Saturday nights, but then he sleeps until after lunch the next day.
I refuse to expose him to total iron deficiency, he had it as a 4 year old and it literally took us years to get his iron levels back up.
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