"My son has finally turned a corner"

My son wasn’t gaining weight and diagnosed with failure to thrive . He was in A&E a couple of times with viral infections, throat infections, and really pale, not even able to cry, his throat was so sore he was sent home time and time again to the point where he had been refusing to eat and drink at about 6 months old. I was beside myself with worry and stress.

I felt fobbed off and not taken seriously at all! I had to sit and cry to a consultant to take his blood tests in the children’s ward when he was admitted due to being dehydrated and not eating . These came back showing he was low on iron and haemoglobin. We were given iron supplements and when they started kicking in helped him massively.

We had also in the meantime been referred to dietitians and they were amazing. Follow ups were done with my son every month with the dietitian and we were given tips on how to help get him some weight back on. Our experience was stressful and poor in some areas, especially with A&E departments and paediatric consultants, but in regards to dietitians working in the health service extremely positive.

My son has finally turned a corner and we are a lot happier and less stressed out family and household.