...and the iron problems continue...

Grr, poor little Madeleine! :(
Just when we thought her iron problems would be behind us, THEY'RE STILL HERE!!!
We initially found out about Madeleine's iron deficiency at her 10 month "well" baby check-up. Blood work showed Madeleine had anemia, so we were told to give her iron drops 3 times a day. Done.
Went back to have her blood checked out a month later, and things looked up. The anemia was gone, but we were told to continue the iron drops for another month as her iron reserves were still low. OK.
Went back yesterday (for what I thought would be our final blood draw), but not so lucky.
The latest blood work shows she no longer has anemia, but her iron stores are even LOWER than before.
So now our quest is to find out where her iron is going.
* Edited to add: Just got back from her (regular) doctor. He did a test to see if there was (microscopic amounts that we couldn't see) of blood in her stool... nothing. Still at square one.
Madeleine's pedi made a referral to a Pediatric GI, and we'll take their first available appointment. We'll keep you posted as soon as we learn anything...

MADELEINE'S STATS

WEIGHT
03/10/2009 7.938 kg (17 lb 8 oz) (4%) 4.28% of growth percentile based on weight-for-age.
01/12/2009 8.051 kg (17 lb 12 oz) (18%)
10/31/2008 7.825 kg (17 lb 4 oz) (43%)
09/15/2008 7.371 kg (16 lb 4 oz) (53%)
07/07/2008 6.435 kg (14 lb 3 oz) (67%)
05/07/2008 5.131 kg (11 lb 5 oz) (68%)
04/13/2008 4.217 kg (9 lb 4.8 oz) (46%)
03/09/2008 6 lb 1 oz


HEIGHT
03/10/2009 0.686 m (2' 3") (4%) 3.81% of growth percentile based on length-for-age.
01/12/2009 0.673 m (2' 2.5") (8%)
10/31/2008
09/15/2008 0.635 m (2' 1") (21%)
07/07/2008 0.603 m (1' 11.75") (34%)
05/07/2008 0.546 m (1' 9.5") (21%)
03/24/2008 0.502 m (1' 7.75") (27%)


HEAD SIZE
03/10/2009 44 cm (17.32") (20%) 20.17% of growth percentile based on head circumference-for-age.
01/12/2009 44 cm (17.32") (38%)
10/31/2008
09/15/2008 42.5 cm (16.73") (49%)
07/07/2008 41 cm (16.14") (55%)
05/07/2008 38 cm (14.96") (34%)
03/24/2008 35.5 cm (13.98") (37%)


BLOOD WORK
TEST DATE------- Jan 12 --------------------- Feb. 11---------Mar 10
Component---- Your Value---Standard Range---Your Value
WBC COUNT------10.9-------6.0-17.0 K/uL -----------------8.0
RBC COUNT-------4.49----- 4.00-5.20 M/uL-----------------5.31
HGB----------------9.8------10.5-13.5 g/dL-----11.3---------12.8
HEMATOCRIT-----30.2------33.0-39.0 % ------37.3---------41.3
MCV----------------67---------70-86 fL-------------------------78
RDW, RBC---------20.5------11.9-15.0 %---------------------19.9
PLATELETS COUNT 355--------140-400 K/uL-----------------449
FERRITIN-------------------22-291 ng/mL-------15--------------9

* If #s are missing, it's b/c we don't have the values; the specific test wasn't done at the time.
This is all the info/knowledge I have. As I learn more, I'll update.