Hi guys,
Sorry to burden you all with this but I really have no one that I want to talk about this with, I'm afraid that I will burst into tears and wont be able to stop if I call any of my friends and tell them what's going on. My little sister has been ill with a fever for three weeks, her doctor kept telling her it was just a bad case of the flu and that she had an ear infection, he gave her antibiotics and sent her home. A week later she still had a fever, at this point she was taking the antibiotics and a combination of Motrin and Tylenol to help with the fever, nothing helped and she went to our local ER, they gave her liquids and took some blood tests and everything seemed ok, she did have low blood sugar (but she had not been eating at all) and they said she had anemia but they let her go home and told her to follow up with her doctor.
Long story short this is the third week that she has been ill with a fever, she has lost 15 pounds, is not eating and has a hard time just getting up from bed, she has no energy and to make things worse she started throwing up blood. Last night we took her to the children’s hospital in Los Angeles, they saw her right away and began to do all the regular blood work, finally around midnight a doctor came in and spoke with us, her blood tests showed that she has a really, really low count of both white and red blood cells. The doctor went on to explain that we could be dealing with cancer or another autoimmune disease. They admitted her to the hospital and she is in isolation, no one but my mom and I can go in and see her.
I have not slept at all, I went home at six am and was so tired I forgot where the car was parked and the way to the freeway, I'm scared for my sister. I'm trying to be positive but it's hard after hearing what the doctor had to say and just looking at her I can tell that something is very wrong with her.
Please guys keep her in your thoughts, she is only thirteen and should not be dealing with this, I would give anything to have it be me rather than her.