Yet again, Makenna has taken another trip to the ER, her 4th trip since January. Yesterday she woke up with something called petechia, all over her face, ears, butt, and left shoulder. Eli and I spend Thanksgiving morning with her at the peds unit at St. Joesph Ann Arbor. They tested her blood for a few things. Nothing major was determined except for a few abnormal white blood cells that are consistent with some blood viruses. We followed up with her regular pediatrician today. What we know right now is that she has some kind of blood virus and that it caused a vasculitis but they are not sure what kind of virus. They did say they were going to monitor her blood and urine every week for the next month for any abnormal signs or "flags". At home we are to monitor her mood, any sign for joint pain, fever or more spots, in that case we are to immediately return to the ER. When I asked what they are monitoring the blood for, he told me that there wasn't anything that indicated "leukemia"at this time, but he wants to stay ahead of the game. He assured me that he is on top of it and will be watching her closely but does believe it is just a blood virus and she will be fine in a couple of weeks, he even told me to take a deep breath, easy for him to say. Makenna is acting fine and behaving like her 2 years old typical self, cute as a button. Except for the red freckles all over her face she looks relatively normal. She didn't even cry for the 2 blood draws that she has had so far. Mommy was so proud of her big girl.
So if you could in the next couple of weeks keep Makenna in your prayers. I'm sure she'll be fine, but a little prayer couldn't hurt. She is such a trooper and she is too cute for words.
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