The latest ITP news...

Monday October 6th, we had Cole's 15 month well baby check up and he is 32 inches long and 22 pounds 12 ounces. 50th percentile for weight and 79th for weight. His pediatrician didn't have a lot to say, just that he is cute and healthy! :)

 

We had his follow up appointment on October 20th at Children's Mercy and he was at 35,000 for platelets, which is up 7,000. So he is rising ever so slightly but not very quickly. I was glad to see him out of the 20,000s for the first time in a very very long time! Of course we were hoping for higher but, we will take what we can get! She said if he gets sick again, they would obviously go back down and that the number will continue to fluctuate. We go back in 3 months for another check up. On the plus side, he is really looking pretty darn good, as far as bruising goes! He's got a couple bruises but nothing that isn't typical for a 15 month old boy. Now maybe people will quit staring at us in Walmart!

 

 Here are some pictures from our trip to Children's Mercy.

 

Waiting for daddy.

 

Waiting for the doctor to come in. Aren't my guys just the cutest??

 

Playing with the doctor's chair.

 

In other news... The Royals are in the world series and we are letting Cole stay up and watch the games! He loves it and he cheers with us.

 

 

We went to Dallas and saw the Gas Monkey Garage and ate at their restaurant.

 

 

He helped Neena buy a house...

Our continued journey of ITP

Cole had blood work on Wednesday October 1st. Thursday we got a call from his doctor and he is at 27,000 for platelets. The hope was that his platelets would come back up after everything else in his blood work improved. Well it has been over 2 weeks and his platelets still haven't come up. They've risen 4,000 but that really isn't much of an improvement. They would consider that holding steady. The doctor said that she thought that by now his platelets would have come back up and there's a potential he will be chronic but it's still to early to determine that.

On Monday we go to his regular pediatrician for his 15 month well baby check up. I'm thinking he will still be tall and slender! :)

On the 20th we go back to Children's Mercy to meet with his Hem/Onc doctor and hopefully get something straightened out with his platelets or at least a plan of what to do from here.


Here is some fun news for you...

This week Josh, Cole and I got to watch the Royals in the playoffs for the first time in all of our lives! The Royals won the World Series about 4 months before Josh and I were born. It has been pretty cool to see them do well for the first time in our lives while sharing that with Cole.

Also, Grandma and Grandpa Stevenson planted pumpkins in their garden this year and Cole got to go pick a few the other day. It's pretty cool for Cole to have his own pumpkin patch!