I am loosing someone to ITP..Not ITP exactly but my little cousin was diagnosed with ITP at 3 years old, but he's been getting really sick on and off for about 5 years now. My cousin is 12 years old and he is now in the hospital in PICU and he has been declared brain dead. The doctors say that the medicine that he was taking to keep his blood level stable caused him to get an infection in his brain, what they think is meningitis. I dont understand how this can happen. and me and my cousins are finding it so hard to cope with this. Has anyone ever lost someone to this? How did you cope and just learn to move on. He hasnt died yet because hes still on a repirator. He cant breath on his own and i know the parents are thinking about pulling the plug. How can this be? This is the hardest thing ive ever been through. If you have information on support groups please send em. I dont want to talk someone but i feel like im cryin out for help. I dont know wat to do n e more.
2007-02-27 01:36:55 · 1 answers · asked by Gee 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I feel sorry your family is going through this experience. Immune suppresion is one of the ways to treat ITP which on the other hand predisposes one to infections, meningitis can be fatal unfortunately, I have copied below the search results on yahoo for itp support groups, if I can help more, please write to me,
2007-03-02 10:27:05 · answer #1 · answered by HK3738 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋