Day Eight: Hit
Sorry for the extreme lateness on this one.

Herapin-induced thrombocytopenia, otherwise known as HIT.

Woah. Woah. Woah. The the heck is that?!

Herapin: an anticoagulant. And to quote wikipedia it "has the highest negative charge density of any known biological molecule". Just throwing that out there. Herapin can be used to make an inner anticoagulant surface on experimental or medical devices (such as test tubes). The pharmaceutical-grade herapin is taken from the mucosal (mucus membrane) tissues of animals such as pig intestine or cow lung.

Thrombocytopenia: having a low platelet count in the blood. Simple as that.

Thrombosis is often a "side affect" of HIT. It's when blood clots inside a blood vessel.

"Heparin may be used for both prevention and the treatment of thrombosis." However, if someone has HIT, their platelet count with drop rapidly.

One of the most common symptoms of HIT is the enlarging of a previously diagnosed blood clot, or the formations of another.

I could go into detail by my brain is starting to twitch at all the big medical words...

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves
and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then
will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal
their land.
-- 2 Chronicles 7:14