Daily Blood Counts:
| Date | 03/09/04 - Hospital |
| WBC | 6.0 |
| RBC | -- |
| HGB | 9.7 |
| PLT | 9 |
| SEG | 33 |
| BAND | -- |
| Retic | 0.2 |
| ANC | 1980 |
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers for Kenna....she is home now and back to her usual curious self. We have to curb her bounding off the walls tendency for a while as the doctor doesn't want her doing anything where she could possibly hurt herself and cause internal or external bleeding as it takes longer to clot now. So of course, she chose tonight to take a nose dive off of her changing table – climbing up to try to get her door open—and gave herself an impressive black eye. She was diagnosed with ITP http://www.itppeople.com/FAQChildren.htm (her platelet count being only 10,000) and thankfully she is Rh positive and therefore treated with the quick and easy (20 minute IV) treatment of Anti-Rho (D) immune globulin instead of the 2-3 day one. We had quite the adventurous day at the Long Beach Miller's children's hospital on the Hematology-Oncology floor. We spent most of the day just waiting, for labs, the doctor etc. Kenna did have to get an IV in her hand for the day...but such a brave girl hardly a whimper when it went in - the trick was to keep her from pulling at the tape (and the cord) all day! Boy did she hate being connected to that thing all day! . I spent part of the day over there to give Adi a break and CC joined her after work. Carsyn went to work with me and then I took her home to bed. They just got home from the hospital at 11. both little girls were real troopers. I'm beat. A and CC must be exhausted. Now we must wait to see if the illness will run it's course with few complications. She has a recheck on Friday to make sure her platelets are coming back up to the normal 350,000-400,000 range. |