I'm with you!! I've been there, done that! Until one night, my very brave 7 year old son broke down into tears. I hadn't realized until then how overbearing I was being. I was constantly checking him up and down for bruises and petechiae. He always heard us talking about it and was listening to "the numbers". I didn't consider what it was doing to him. He finally tearfully admitted that he thought if his "numbers" finally got to "0", he was a goner. 40's, 30's, 20's, uh oh... My constant inspections were only making it worse. I explained that it doesn't work like that. I promised him that I'd quit hovering over him. Now, admittedly, I still manage to "inspect" without him realizing what I'm doing. My eyes quickly scan him when he's getting in the bathtub or I'll scratch him on the back with the ulterior motive of checking his back. Before we could stop him, he flipped off the sofa the other night (he is after all a 7 year old boy) and landed on a shoe. He had the ugliest bruise on his hip ever. But, as hard as it was, I didn't freak out! They are just kids. They are gonna have bruises anyway! Don't stress over a couple of new ones. Try to make life as normal as possible for her. ITP sucks!! Of that there is no doubt! But we have made it our mission to focus on things he can do, not can't do! Is ITP dangerous, potentially... but so is getting in the car and driving to get ice cream. Something bad "could" happen but it most likely "won't" happen. Hang in there! We're all here for you!!!
