This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.
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’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.
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.