Sunday night May 18th, Mr. Incredible told me to look at Dash's bruising. I saw them and figured he was just playing hard like all boys do. He had bruising and he had rub marks across his neck and sides. I thought nothing of it and figured he's fine.
Monday, Dash had complained that his throat hurt "just a little" I'm like OK. gargle with salt water. He didn't. I figured if it hurt bad enough he would gargle eventually. He asked to play at a friends house and when he came home he crashed. He has been sleeping a lot lately. That was a bit alarming to me because this is so NOT Dash. I dismissed it as he being a growing teenager! He has gotten so tall lately, so logically he would be sleeping more as his body is growing. That night he showed us more bruising on his legs which were just a day old. These were quite impressive and alarming that Mr. Incredible said, I should take him into the Dr.s and I completely agreed. I do not run my children to the dr's for every little sniffle or fever. Frankly, the meds they give say give it to you for a week and you'll be better. Well, in most cases if you give a cold a week to run it's course you will GET BETTER! unless you need an antibiotic!
I called and made the appointment for Tuesday, May 20, 2014 for 1:30 and the appt was for excessive bruising. While we were in there we had a weight check. He weighs 122 and a height check. He is 5'5! He has grown!! She also swabbed his throat for strep and when she swabbed him the cotton swabs came out bloody!!! I felt like scum pond. Lower than scum pond!!! Dash had said his throat hurt A LITTLE!!!! His culture came back positive! UGH! poor kid. The bruising was also concerning to her so she sent us to the hospital to do blood work! They did a complete run of many blood clotting factors. He had 8 viles of blood taken and then we went to pick up his medicine which was NOT ready!!! So, we went home and waited and updated Mr Incredible of what was going on.
Mr. Incredible said he had another call come in and he thought it was my dad. When he called me back there was anxiety in his voice and urgency. I prefer to be spoken to in a calm matter so that I DON'T GO BESERK!! He said I needed to go immediately to Albany Medical ER because Dash's platelets are critically low. They are a 3, meaning 3,000! Instant panic ran through my veins. I was perusing facebook prior to him calling me! I do not know how to get there. My GPS doesn't work and my phone GPS is crap!! Mr. Incredible in the past has always been able to handle things like this for me! Sweetheart had just left for a baseball game and so I called her to come back home to help direct me to the hospital.
The previous night I had googled his symptoms and had diagnosed him with ITP or thrombocypotenia or something like that. I also feared that he could have leukemia or one of the cancers. So, when they said his blood work was bad and we had to go to Albany Med and not the hospital closest to us. I knew I could not RECEIVE possibly life changing bad news BY MYSELF!!
I was told to pack over night clothes except I was thinking over night clothes for Aden and didn't realize it would be for myself!! DUH!!!
Mr Incredible managed to meet us a few exits to the hospital so we dropped his truck and trailer in a lot and he drove to the hospital which put my mind at ease and all was right in the world and I knew that if we had to hear the worst news in the world I could take it with him by my side. WE had some grueling days and testing ahead of us. He was admitted onto the pediatric oncology floor. He needs to see a blood specialist and they usually deal with forms of cancer. We are so blessed that Dash did indeed, have ITP! Some kids grow out of it and some children have it forever. It is an autoimmune blood disorder. He must have gotten in from having mono and strep at the same time that his red blood cells were killing off his white platelets or they weren't reproducing like they should. No sports because it is dangerous more if he fell, he could have a brain bleed! SCARY!! He is on some pretty heavy medicine and we stayed there almost a week and then he could not attend school for a week and he was to return back to full school slowly. With Dash there is nothing slow about him. He insisted on going back to school after a few days and really has rebounded amazingly well! WE have seen far too many miracles and blessings when it comes to that child!
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