“'It’s devastating. I thought my son was going to bleed to death, and it just doesn’t stop. At one point the bleeding was even longer than eight hours.' Eight-year-old George May from Royton lives in ‘fear of everything’ as one small knock can leave him bleeding for hours until getting treated at the hospital. Diagnosed at the age of four with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), George has a rare bleeding disorder which stops his blood from clotting as it should."
- By Jessica Beard, Mancunian Matters
"When 17 year-old Charity Lynn Anderson discovered she had a rare blood disease, she made it her goal to not just graduate high school on time but to also be in full remission when receiving her diploma."
- By Donna Cashen, Juneau Empire. Photo by Michael Penn, Juneau Empire.
Congratulations to nurses Emily Kuykendall, RN and David Rasner, RN, recipients of The DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses. The DAISY Foundation is a wonderful organization that not only supports nurses and the special role they play in caring for ITP patients, but they have supported PDSA for many years.
"The Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division at Mayo Clinic's Children's Center has been helping him survive it."
- Posted by Dennis Douda on Mayo Clinic News Network
"Research paves path to accelerating, enhancing platelet production... Now, a research team at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute has shed new light on the mechanism of platelet formation, paving the way to accelerating and enhancing their production using stem cells found in bone marrow."
- by Diane Kukich for University of Delaware. Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson
"ITP pathogenesis is very complicated. Studies of ITP pathogenesis show that the direct dissolution of antigen-specific antibodies mediates platelet destruction and that cytotoxic T cells (CTL) increase platelet destruction."
- by Xuebin Ji, Liping Zhang, Jun Peng and Ming Hou
"Canfield Harwell’s next notch in her cycling journey is a fundraiser. She will ride 111 miles in the El Tour de Tucson on Nov. 23 to raise money and awareness for a blood disorder called idiopathic (or immune) thrombocytopenic purpura..."
- By Briana Wipf, Tribune Staff Writer
"Jamie Harwell appears to be the picture of perfect health. Her skins glows and her eyes twinkle as she tells stories of her recent bike tour across the Croatian coast — a trip she took alone, and a trip during which she celebrated her 59th birthday."
- by Peggy On-Neill, Independent Record
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