Platelet Count #8

I *think* we turned a corner today!!  Little man's count was up to 49,000!!!  This is a huge improvement from the 8,000 we have been working with for the past few months.  The doctor is hopeful that this is the beginning of the recovery stage for Collier's ITP.  (He did say that it could also be due to the fact Collier is getting over an illness... he's been stuffy, stuffy for the past week or so.  It could be the body's way of boosting platelets to get him over the illness hump, then when he's illness free the platelts could drop again.)  But, I'm hopeful that it is really recovery from ITP!  That's what I'm going with anyways.

The plan is still to hold off on Collier's 6 month shots (even though he's 7.5 mths now) and to go back in 4 weeks for another count.  If all looks good then, Collier will be cleared to begin Mother's Day Out and our appointments could be stretched to every 2 months!  Fingers crossed!!