In March of 2011, I experienced one of the scariest times in my life. I was diagnosed with ITP, an autoimmune blood disorder in which my spleen was attacking my blood platelets. September is ITP Awareness Month, therefore, I would like to share my family’s struggle with this little known blood disorder.I am the mother of 2 young children, so life is and was pretty busy and non-stop go, go, go. We did not live near our extended family, therefore, we did not have the support of family to pick up the slack when I or my husband felt ill. Toward the end of 2010, I remember constantly feeling tired. Normally I was able to be pretty active, I walked, I hiked, I skied. But at this time in my life I felt like a 4 engine airplane only running on 1 engine. I remember just wanting to lay on the couch. I could not keep up with my very active 3 year old son.
