Owens, though, made the best of the situation, focusing on his studies and training with the OSU track team under coach Larry Snyder. Snyder, who thought Owens' race starts were too slow, made the athlete repeatedly practice starts that had him crouching tightly at the starting line. He also altered Owens' long-jump style, teaching him to move his legs in mid-air.
In general, a low platelet count occurs because: 1  The body's bone marrow doesn't make enough platelets. 2  The bone marrow makes enough platelets, but the body destroys them or uses them up. 3  The spleen holds on to too many platelets.
A high red cells count is caused by a disorder called polycythemia vera. This is a genetic condition that causes the bone marrow to produce too many blood cells, so it is not caused by a liver problem. This disorder sometimes causes high white counts too, so I am not sure why your father's count is low. The second issue is that you don't know what is going on with your father's health.