Day 79

It seems that mothers are supposed to be in constant worry for their kids. It has been about 2 weeks since Acadia went off her seizure medicine and I have really enjoyed not having to worry about giving someone medicine. But that didn't last long. I took Ella to the doctor and asked him to check her Iron levels (she was anemic when we were in MA and had been taking iron for about a year and hadn't been tested since we moved here when she was 2). And sure enough she is still anemic. We all thought that it would be something that she would have grown out of by now. When I picked up the perscription the pharmacist (who is Weston's uncle) looked at how much she is supposed to take a day and says 'Wow. Her iron must be really low.' She hates the medicine and has to take it 2x a day. When the doctor told me, I almost started crying. I know that it is not an immediate major health threat, but some days I just feel so overwhelmed with worrying about my children. I wonder if this is something that she is going to have to deal with for the rest of her life.....or if it could be something worse (I try not to dwell on that thought....I looked all this up on webmd and then after I read all the different kinds of anemia there is, I wished I hadn't looked because it just made me worry more). Anyway, she has to be tested again in a month to see if she is doing better or if we need to do something different.