What's up with me you ask? Well I'll tell ya:

Sunday the 25th I was hemorrhaging lots and lots and had red dots on my skin over my feet, ankles, legs, hands, neck, chest, face and eye balls. So I decided after lots of convincing to go to instacare. There they tested my Hemoglobin and found it was low, at about 13. I was there for quite a while and got really dizzy and lied down and they checked my Hemoglobin again and found it had dropped to 11 so they sent me to the ER. I think Hemoglobin is the oxygen stuff in the blood. Anyway, I got to the ER and they immediately did blood tests and hooked me to an IV. They found out my Platelet level was 4,000 when it should be between 150,000 and 400,0000. So they gave me a platelet transfusion then emitted me into the hospital. They did tests on me every 2 hours that night and I was a human pin cushion. My arms hurt soooooooo bad. I didn't hold back my tears, I let em go! I have a very low tolerance for pain and this was awful awful pain. Eventually they checked my platelets again and they were at like 14,000 and then went down to 2,000 so I got another platelet transfusion. After going up and down with platelets and getting 4 platelet transfusions I had lost so much blood they had to give me a blood transfusion. By the way, platelets are what clot blood. AH! I couldn't believe I was in the hospital for a week. I got my last transfusion about 2 days before they released me from the hospital. They kept me longer to make sure my platelets would make themselves on their own. And they were. Hopefully still are, I think they are good. But I have something called ITP. Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura is a bleeding disorder in which the immune system destroys platelets. The chances of it coming back are high but there are chances it won't. So time will tell. Until then, I will be very careful not to fall, cut myself and I will look for those little red dots on my skin. If this ITP persists they will need to take out my Spleen. OYE I would like to hold on to it. So there is my issue and why I was in the hospital for a week. A long, scary week. Oh, they tested me for different diseases including Lupus and I don't have any of them. THANK GOODNESS!! I'm happy to be home and with my little family again. Blake is such a great husband. He rarely left my side. More than I could ask for. I had so many visitors and flowers and people to help take care of Gracie. I am truly blessed. Thank you everyone :) LOVE YOU