How Medi Teddy™ IV Covers Came To Be :

Hi, I’m Ella!

When I was seven, I was diagnosed with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura or, "ITP". Many kids who get this grow out of it within a few months, but for me it’s never gone away. That makes me a pretty rare case :).

ITP is not contagious; it means my body destroys the platelets in my blood. Without any medicine, I have an extremely low number of platelets in my body, and I am at a high risk for bleeding or injury.

From the ages of 7 to 14, every 6-8 weeks, I had to spend the day at an outpatient clinic getting IV infusions. Although I am now on an oral medication to boost my platelets, I never forgot those years of my infusions when the hospital equipment and big bags of medicine looked so scary and unfamiliar to me and that’s why I created Medi Teddy.

Despite ITP, I am a pretty regular kid and I still have things I love to do and are safe for me. I am a coxswain on my crew team, I play the cello, and I cantor at my church. I have my mom and dad, my three younger sisters, and two cute rescue dogs named Holly and Nova to support me.