Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

[hamsterjill]

11. My daughter was diagnosed with this in the mid 1990's.

She was just entering high school. It was discovered during some routine bloodwork for an outpatient surgical procedure. Her counts were at 27,000 at that point. She never exhibited any of the typical symptoms such as bruising, etc.

We were lucky to find a great pediatric hematologist/oncologist who chose to monitor her counts without any treatment. She was under his care for about 3 years with her counts steadily increasing. I was advised to simply keep her away from certain things (like aspirin in any form). At the time, I was very concerned that he wasn't "doing anything" for her, but she ultimately recovered as spontaneously as she'd developed it.

She's 31 now and (knocking on wood as I type this) has had no other issues with this.

Talk about a grateful mother here!!!

I wish you the best in your fight with ITP. It is a frightening disease and there's never been enough research into the whys and hows of it.