Hello old and new friends--
Caitlin got a CBC at a doctor's appt. last week, so I'm updating with official numbers.....
238K, people, eight years, four months after her first and only series of Rituxan infusions in Sept.-Oct. 2002.
She'd been diagnosed with ITP at age 14; of the three initial treatments, only steroids produced good results for her, and the side effects got to be too much after about 9 months. She had Rituxan at age 15, and the improvement was pretty immediate--and has continued to this day, thru vaccines, colds, and collegiate living.
She's training Seeing Eye dogs and taking care of manatees and loves it all! Last week, she went horseback riding for the first time in a long while! She's a busy, busy girl---and we are so grateful!
This lifestyle has been brought to her by...Rituxan. Thank you, wise ones--for you were the ones to lead us there! Ann, Caitlin's (23) Mom
