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When Michaela, my oldest, was three we got that dreaded leukemia diagnosis. She had ITP, a blood disorder. She had to have a spinal tap and she had to go have her blood check 2 or 3 times a week for 6 months afterwards. Scary days. I was scared to death and blissfully ignorant at the same time being you just couldn't google diagnosis back in 1997. I also spent time standing outside UMMC and getting secondhand smoke from from all the people sucking on cancer sticks.Initial pathology doesn't indicate leukemia. (Initial diagnosis) Follow up Monday. He got blood and we are being discharged. Thank you for the calls/messages/PRAYERS.
God is still in control. We will see what the full pathology report indicates Monday.
It’s terrifying. I had the opposite problem regarding knowledge. My wife is a NICU NP and she read everything that hit the “.my chart” app. The 2 Drs are : neuro - our church elder/former co-worker and pathology - her childhood friend so she read them both like a book plus knew what the chart test results said before they came in.When Michaela, my oldest, was three we got that dreaded leukemia diagnosis. She had ITP, a blood disorder. She had to have a spinal tap and she had to go have her blood check 2 or 3 times a week for 6 months afterwards. Scary days. I was scared to death and blissfully ignorant at the same time being you just couldn't google diagnosis back in 1997. I also spent time standing outside UMMC and getting secondhand smoke from from all the people sucking on cancer sticks.
It was a hard time on Michaela. She doesn't remember any of it.
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a blood disorder characterized by a decrease in the number of platelets in the blood. Platelets are cells in the blood that help stop bleeding. A decrease in platelets can cause easy bruising, bleeding gums, and internal bleeding.www.hopkinsmedicine.org
May not be proper, but Tuesday night I will be bringing a cooler of beer to share in the parking lot after visitation if the weather is good.Visitation Tuesday @5 funeral Wednesday starting @ 2 pm
More info as I get it