[dhilbert]

Hi all havnt posted on here in a while (although ive been watching). We just spent the weekend in the hospital with my 5 year old who had a platelate count of 7,000 friday (100,000 + is normal) she was in danger of bleeding out. has anyone delt with itp before? any personal experience advise would be greatly appreciated!

[ljb]

My husband had ITP when he was about 6 or 7 years old. This was 30 years ago, when very little was known about ITP. In fact, his case was written in some medical journals... He was not expected to survive the night, the week, the month. After that they stopped making predictions. His platelate count steadily increased and he is around today to make my life miserable.... er... I mean.... wonderful!

It is a long road to recovery. But the medical advances are amazing. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

[dhilbert]

thank you for your encouraging words. she just had her count done and its 194,000! we are very happy to hear that, the hemo expects it to go down in about 2 weeks but hopefully only slightly!