Iron & No Wine

It's been about 12 or so years since I've eaten red meat.  I just don't like it.  Therefore, I've been anemic for quite some time.  This never really posed a problem until I was pregnant.  My doctor recommended iron pill supplements.  I started taking them once a day along with the prenatals and DHAs and folic acids and calciums and all that.  Well it didn't do anything, so I started taking them three times a day and still my iron levels were not going up.  So, we had to resort to doing IV treatments.  I went in once a week for several weeks to get iron pumped into me through an IV.  It wasn't too bad, just kind of boring and a little weird because everyone else there was getting like chemo and other crazy things.  So I was the youngest, healthiest person there, but when I would walk in and sit down to get hooked up, the other patients would trip out cause they thought there was something wrong with me and I was pregnant.  Anywho, insurance paid for some, but we got a big fat bill for the rest.  So, we stuck it in the pile with the rest of the hospital bills and prayed we would eventually have the money to pay for it.  A little over a week ago, I received a letter from my OBGYN's office stating that when they reviewed their yearly records they found that I had a credit on my account and they sent me a check!  Praise God!  We were able to pay off the bill for the IV treatments!   So, I'm marking off #25!!  This one feels good!