NEMC PEDS

This week at peds was awesome. I took care of a 16yo girl who was anemic because she had bleed from having her mensus from anywhere around 2 weeks to 1 month. This had been going on for about 6 months. I was able to teach her about iron rich foods because they determined that she was iron deficient anemic. Her Hgb was 5.1 and her Hct was 17%. She also had to receive a blood transfusion which helped her out a lot. She also said that she felt really good even before the transfusion, but they gave her the blood anyway. I could not believe that she felt so good with her H&H so low. She went home the next morning and I was able to help discharge a 15yo boy who had celluitis of his right ankle from being kicked during a soccer game. Luckily he spoke English because his mom only spoke a little. Overall it was a really good experience.