Keep Some Little Ones in Your Thoughts...

I have a few friends with little ones who are struggling....

Little C who I have blogged about before (she was born with hirschsprung's disease) was in the hospital all last week. She developed a blockage and needed a third surgery. She hasn't even had her first birthday yet and has been through so much. She has recovered and gone home, but she needs to continue the healing process and start gaining weight to stay home.

Little E who was born this February with a large liver tumor is finally strong enough to have surgery to remove it. She will have surgery on 3/22. The surgeons are afraid of bleeding so they aren't yet sure what they will do. They would like to go in and remove it completely but there is a chance they may have to use two surgeries to complete the removal. There is also still a small question about whether or not this is benign vs malignant. We are hoping for one, complication free surgery with a clean path report.

And finally Little H. His mom called me today freaked out because he was covered in bruises. He has been sick, but nothing serious. She took him in and they found his Platelet count was <1. They should be at least 150. He has been admitted to the Children's Hospital where he will be treated. Most likely he has ITP - idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Although this is a scary thing, it is almost completely treatable and curable with fairly simple intervention. Although this is what we are most likely dealing with, other more scary things like Leukemia need to be ruled out. The next few days will be very busy and scary for everyone.