On Thursday, Feb 20, 2003, at 14:28 Australia/Perth, Laurena wrote:

> I am an LLL Leader acting as a resource for another leader who is
> dealing
> directly with the mom.  I am requesting more details, but in the
> meantime,
> this is what I know:
>
> The baby has a history of being gassy with diarrhea.  He recently came
> down
> with a cold, then a fever.  When the temperature read 94 degrees, the
> hospital ran some tests.  the platelets are 800 higher than normal.  I
> don't
> have a medical background so that doesn't mean very much to me.

Ah! The commonest cause of thrombocytosis is a recent or current
infection, including upper respiratory tract infection or pneumonia.
The "breastmilk allergy" thing seems a giant leap to me.

Lara

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