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19 weeks pregnant and ivig turning on me

  • Kelirae24
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  • I'm 31 years old and a mom to two awesome little boys, I was diagnosed with itp when I was 17 years old. With no treatment my counts are 0-5 I am currently on nplate and I had a splenectomy in 2004
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9 years 2 months ago #56721 by Kelirae24
19 weeks pregnant and ivig turning on me was created by Kelirae24
I was on octogam there was a shortage to had to switch to gammagard I had a reaction yesterday horrible chills and threw up everywhere and blood pressure got to 135/115 my platelets were at 2 so the dr sent me to
The hospital they didn't have octogam so I had their brand curamine or something at 5 this morning I was shakin uncontrollably and spiked a 103.1 fever not sure what's going on I've had ivig many many times

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  • I'm 31 years old and a mom to two awesome little boys, I was diagnosed with itp when I was 17 years old. With no treatment my counts are 0-5 I am currently on nplate and I had a splenectomy in 2004
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9 years 2 months ago - 9 years 2 months ago #56740 by Kelirae24
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Well wasnt the ivig it was my picc line which caused a bacterial infection to enter my blood stream being treated with antibiotics

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  • Give me all your platelets and nobody gets hurt
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9 years 2 months ago #56743 by Hal9000
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Well, guess that is good news and bad news. Thanks for the follow up.

Hope that antibiotic does the trick !
ITP Types and Treatments by HAL

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  • Sandi Forum Moderator Diagnosed in 1998, currently in remission. Diagnosed with Lupus in 2006. Last Count - 344k - 6-9-18
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9 years 2 months ago #56749 by Sandi
Replied by Sandi on topic 19 weeks pregnant and ivig turning on me
Get better soon, Keli!

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  • Kelirae24
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  • I'm 31 years old and a mom to two awesome little boys, I was diagnosed with itp when I was 17 years old. With no treatment my counts are 0-5 I am currently on nplate and I had a splenectomy in 2004
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9 years 2 months ago #56764 by Kelirae24
Replied by Kelirae24 on topic 19 weeks pregnant and ivig turning on me
Thank you! My fevers have stopped and chills too as soon as they stopped putting things through my picc line WBC has went from 28 to 8 so I'm on the right track fingers crossed I wanna get home I miss my son to pieces

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