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In February 2017, Callie was exposed to whooping cough at her daycare. Her family took her to the hospital for treatment. She had her nose swabbed and it came back covered in blood. The doctors assured the family that it was most likely due to irritated sinuses.Callie’s bloodwork showed a low platelet count. Prior to developing whooping cough, Callie had been developing freckles. These freckles were petechiae which are small little red/purple dots that indicate low platelets.  The following week, they were introduced to a hematologist and he diagnosed her with ITP, a blood clotting disorder.From February through April, Callie experienced several nose bleeds, large bruises, more petechiae, and her colds seemed to be getting worse and worse.  In April 2017, Callie’s bone marrow biopsy showed AML.Callie received two regimens of chemotherapy throughout the months of April, May and June. Callie did extremely well during these months. She has so much energy and was so happy and full of life which gave her family ho