Monday 3/15 Recap
We're busy keeping our rambunctious 2 year old quiet so she doesn't injure herself. Last week we noticed her bruising, and she's been diagnosed with ITP -- an auto-immune disorder from a virus causes her to kill off her own platelets which are responsible for clotting.
http://www.childrensbloodfoundation.org/whatsitcalled.html
Her platelet count was 10,000 on Monday, she spent Tuesday at the hospital for a treatment, but by Friday her count was down to 5,000. the doctors still want to wait and see if they come up by this Friday. usually an acute case is self-limiting to 6-12 months and the alternative treatments have lots of side effects.
But in the meantime she has to be protected from bleeding and internal injuries, a big job for a tantrum prone, strong-willed adventurer who prowls the house getting into trouble even at night!! She's outsmarted the child-proof handles and locks on her doors--and now cant be left to cry it out anyway because she got a nose bleed from just brushing her teeth. She has awakened them at 2-3AM with make-up all over her face, matchsticks pushed into the toothpaste tube, and popsicles from the freezer!