Guest guest Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 My daughter with Crohn's has been on SCD for a year and her recent CBC showed that her hemocrit is at 27 (should be 35) and her hemoglobin is at 8.She checks her stool occasionally for blood with the hemocrit cards and it has been positive for blood.Last year in May 2008 her hemoglobin was at a 7. She has ulcers in her jejunum and illeum that bleed occasionally (dark blood). Her iron levels improved over this year, but now we see that they are going down again.Of course her doctor wants her to start iron supplements again. 120 mg of elemental iron. I am cooking in iron skillets, red meats, etc. They support her on SCD, and even looked up an iron supplement from Freeda's vitamins.Her Ped. GI thinks her Crohn's is now smoldering and wants her to have an MRI. Does anyone know about these MRI's? Wants her to be put on an immunosuppressant. She is currently on EntocortI am very discouraged since we are hoping so much for this diet to work. It has worked very well her younger brother w/Crohn's who has been on it for almost 5 years come December.Any advice would be appreciated.Belle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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