H.E.L.L.P. Syndrome
Prior to Hope's birth, I was diagnosed with HELLP Syndrome. Here is a brief description from Wikipedia on HELLP with a link to a more complete article.
HELLP syndrome is a life-threatening obstetric complication usually considered to be a variant of pre-eclampsia. Both conditions usually occur during the later stages of pregnancy, or sometimes after childbirth.
HELLP is an abbreviation of the main findings:[1]
- Hemolytic anemia
- Elevated Liver enzymes and
- Low Platelet count