On day in January Sarah woke up and I noticed her legs looked bruised way more than normal. Of course kids fall and get bruises, but this was a little excessive. Emily had been learning to ride her bike and falling a lot so I had her come in so I could compare their legs. Then I knew it wasn't normal because Emily's legs looked fine. I sent pictures to Darrell and he wanted her to come in for some blood work. She was very brave for her blood test. What he and the other physicians said was she had ITP (short for Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura) Basically a rare auto immune reaction to a virus which causes platelet counts to drop...thus the bruising, because her blood cannot clot normally. Normal platelet counts are above 100,000...her results came back with a count of 9,000. Since there was no active bleeding we just had to watch and make sure she didn't injure herself seriously. We would't let her do anything hardly which made for a very sad girl:( She has since gotten better. The bruises have all gone and she is now happily jumping, running, and riding her bike. Such a very odd experience but luckily short lived.
The one on the right looked like a "smily" face on her arm
She not only had these bruises on her body, but she had spots in her mouth and on her tongue. Her gums were red too. She like being excused from teeth brushing for a few days while her mouth healed:)
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