Wednesday night Lane had a bruise on his forehead. Like all little boy 2 year olds, he can be kind of wild. Well, when you're wild you sometimes end up with a few bruises. Jenn, his mother, said he had a couple on his leg earlier that week. We were joking that he was just accident prone.
When Jenn woke him up this morning he had bruises all over his body. Legs, back, arms, everywhere. They made him an appointment. His Dad, Clint's youngest brother, took him in. They ran some blood tests and sent him home. Jenn has an in home day care and so he went back there. A few hours later the Dr. called Jenn.
He explained that Lane's platelet count was VERY low. Normal is 150,000 Lane's was 10,000. He said said his blood will not clot at all right now. If he so much as got a paper cut he could bleed to death. They are running more tests to find out what caused this to happen. As we speak he is on his way to a different hospital about an hour away from where we live. It is a much larger hospital with several pediatric specialists.
They will do a blood transfusion as soon as he is admitted. The transfusion will take 6-8 hours. They will, thank God, sedate him heavily. They will recheck his counts tomorrow and he may have to have another transfusion.
I pray that they can find out what caused this and that is isn't as bad as we are all fearing. I pray for the medical skills of the doctors who will hold his little life in their hands. I pray for strength for his Mom and Dad. I pray for our sweet little Lane to be back to normal soon. Thanks for your prayers too.
Here is Lane and his birthday cake 2 days ago:
Praying your sweet nephew, Lane!
ReplyDeleteLane and his family are in my prayers today!
ReplyDeletePraying for healing for Lane, wisdom for his doctors and peace for your family.
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