Hello everyone. I am new here but I guess sooner or later we'll all be friends. I am a mom of 3. I have a daughter who is a Thalassemia Major since aged 4 mths. As far as I can remember........at first she has been having fever every now & then but we thought it was normal. But as the months go by, fever kept coming back and she looked pale so we brought her for check-up at a baby specialist centre. After blood test was done on her, we got the results from the doctor my daughter's hb was only 3.0. The doctor told us that she has to be admitted immediately for transfusion. I felt like the world just collapsed on me and I wanted to cry but tears just got choked in my throat. I didn't know what to do, where to go, whom to confide in. From that day onwards, for almost 3 years I couldn't accept the fact that my daughter (Trefe) has Thalassemia Major and everytime I tell someone about her illness I would surely cry. Luckily for some friends' consolation that I manage to pull myself together and began to accept my daughter's fate. She is now 11 and has been having complete blood transfusion every month ever since. Although she misses class a lot of times for appointments and transfusions, she does quite well in school and she did get high marks in English and got 2nd in class when she was in Primary 2 & 3. I am proud of her though sometimes she gets on my nerves because she is so talkative. I guess God must have a reason for giving us a 'special' child. The only thing that worries me is that whenever she tries to clean her nose, it will bleed. We had her check by the doctors in the hospital but there say it's normal eps. when the weather is hot. Cee (Malaysia).