TAN #66: Get your kicks on TAN-66 (Page 37)

Holy kamoly. Do the elites just like, slap down a cafeteria tray, plonk their azzes on it, and coast down? <20, I just can't imagine!

If it were down.  I could win it ONCE.  It would take me about 10 seconds to get to the bottom.....

TAN make me feel like this....  sigh...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMXhj_7QAzk

hey all... I've been a little pre-occupied... from my blog today...

This past weekend, my wife and I noticed that our 2-year old had a number of dark bruises.  Being that he is two, we are used to seeing bruises on his shins.  But they are usually lighter bruises.. this is typical.  The bruises we saw now however... bigger, darker, on his chest, on his back, on his hip... these were not ordinary bruises.  So today I took him to the pediatrician.  He agreed, these didn't look normal. So we took some blood and ran some tests. 

Results came in and we found his platelet count was in the 4000's.  The low end of normal, if I heard the doc correctly is 150k.  None of the data showed anything horrendous like leukemia or lymphoma... instead it's something called ITP.  I don't know what it stands for... but essentially his antibodies, now that they kicked the RSV's @$$, are in berserker mode.  The antibodies are now attacking the platelets.  So this is all very treatable, but it has to be done in the hospital since it is all intravenous treatment. 

So I got to ambush my son twice... once at the doc's lab and again tonight at the hospital to insert the IV.  yay.

He should be in the hospital 2 or 3 days, but we are at the mercy of the platelet count.  We need to see it start to go back up.  

hey all... I've been a little pre-occupied... from my blog today...

This past weekend, my wife and I noticed that our 2-year old had a number of dark bruises.  Being that he is two, we are used to seeing bruises on his shins.  But they are usually lighter bruises.. this is typical.  The bruises we saw now however... bigger, darker, on his chest, on his back, on his hip... these were not ordinary bruises.  So today I took him to the pediatrician.  He agreed, these didn't look normal. So we took some blood and ran some tests. 

Results came in and we found his platelet count was in the 4000's.  The low end of normal, if I heard the doc correctly is 150k.  None of the data showed anything horrendous like leukemia or lymphoma... instead it's something called ITP.  I don't know what it stands for... but essentially his antibodies, now that they kicked the RSV's @$$, are in berserker mode.  The antibodies are now attacking the platelets.  So this is all very treatable, but it has to be done in the hospital since it is all intravenous treatment. 

So I got to ambush my son twice... once at the doc's lab and again tonight at the hospital to insert the IV.  yay.

He should be in the hospital 2 or 3 days, but we are at the mercy of the platelet count.  We need to see it start to go back up.  

TAN, is this good or bad?

At this point I've convinced, or have almost convinced 7 or 8 people from the bar I drink at to do a triathlon.  I've also talked to the owner about sponsoring a "team" with some custom tri-jerseys with their logo on them.  He was receptive.