02/18/2026
💕 Hello from the sweetest little lamb 💕
Life has been wild these past two weeks and I haven’t really known what day it is…our four year old was unexpectedly admitted to the hospital with ITP (immune thrombocytopenia) which is an immune response triggered by a viral infection (like the common cold) that causes your body to begin to destroy your own platelets. We were in the hospital for a week and 5 of those days my husband was out of the country…we have been home for almost a week now and have been back to the hospital twice for blood work. So far our son’s platelet counts have not come up and have stayed below 3,000 (average count for a 4 year old is 150,000-450,000). Due to his low counts he is at high risk of spontaneous internal cranial bleeding which has been terrifying…we have started some other medicines this week to try to get his counts above 10,000 which will then eliminate the spontaneous bleeding risk. The doctors are hopeful that this is a one off thing and not a life long diagnosis but it takes time for his body to heal so we still have a long road ahead to get back to his baseline. In the meantime he cannot jump, climb, wrestle, play on playgrounds, do contact sports…anything that could risk injury.
This has been one of the hardest things I’ve had to walk through as a parent and nothing can prepare you for one day having a healthy child and the next being in the hospital for over a week only to be discharged with a still sick child. I have felt like I can’t focus on anything, even crochet, so thank you for all the messages of encouragement and for your prayers. We know the Lord has a plan for our sweet boy and we are trusting him to protect our baby and heal him.
I may not be as present here in the days to come as we navigate this but had to pop in to update everyone and to share this precious little lamb that brings a smile to my face every time I see it! 🥹
This pattern is available now by .hooks and is just so fun to make! BaaBaa the lamb is a must make! Also the yarn is discontinued premier snow cone for those I know will ask, miss that yarn! 🥲
