Platelet Count #9

Lucky #9!!  This mans' platelet count is WAY up to 93,000!!!  Yippee!!  We even got the go ahead to get his 6 month vaccines, which we took care of yesterday.  (Just in time for Mother's Day Out.)  Our hematologist wants to see Collier back in 2 months with the expectation that his counts will be in the "normal" range.  After that, we will go back in 6 mths for a check-up.  If all is well, we will not have to go back ever!! The doctor says that his ITP doesn't put him at any extra risk for contacting anything else.  In 10% of cases ITP reoccurs within 6 months of being back in the normal range, but hopefully we will be in the 90% that stays ITP free!  Words can not describe how happy we are to be almost through with this journey.

8 months

 The photo shoot pretty much resembles Collier's life right now.  What can I play with and, possibly, destroy?

 Look how cute his little face is when he's been "caught in the act" of crumbling up his 8 month sticker?

These days we are working on crawling (maybe by 9 mths?), waiving hello and goodbye, eating small chunks of food with our pencil grippers, and saying "mama" and "dada".  And the important goal of upping our platelet count... our next appointment is next week... wish us luck!