Hello Family and Friends!
Just a quick note to give an update on Lucas and Denise after yesterday's tests.
Lucas' platelets were up to 194,000, which is EXCELLENT! He will have a couple of more tests in the coming weeks, but it looks like the IVIG treatment he had worked and he will not have ITP. Our fingers are crossed.
Denise met with an oncologist yesterday and her platelets were up also. We really don't know if that is from the prednisone she has been on or the ITP weakening, but they are going to wean her off the prednisone and she will have another blood test next week. It could turn out that she has/had gestational ITP and not idiopathic ITP. Gestational would be just pregnancy related while the idiopathic would something Denise would have to live with from now on.
All the reading we have done on ITP, it is not all doom and gloom. It looks like most people live with it with very little ramifications. The oncologist yesterday basically said they don't get concerned until the platelets get below 20,000. So that was reassuring as Denise's platelets have never been that low.
Hopefully we will get more good news next week! Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers!
Troy, Denise, Libby and Lucas
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