Allergies

  • Food Allergies Are a Big Deal

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    Food allergy is more common than before. Much more common. 50% more of our children have allergies than children two decades ago. We all know a child with at least one allergy; it is statistically certain. At the same time, I find a willful ignorance on the subject. I hear complaints of inconvenience. I see…

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  • Please protect my kid!

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    Like many parents of Kindergartners, we walked our daughter to school for her very first day. Unlike most of the parents around us, we were scared of the thousands of little interactions: the other students, the teachers, the staff. Anyone of them could kill her. And when we left her there, we weren’t confident that…

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  • Allergy Documentary this Saturday

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    I just found out about this documentary sponsored by Food Allergy Research & Education and the Discovery Channel called An Emerging Epidemic: Food Allergies in America. We’re setting our DVR and I suggest you should too. Saturday, September 7 at 8 AM on Discovery Channel.

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  • Is a Dead 1st Grader Enough Incentive To Change?

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    My wife didn’t say anything.  I walked into the living room and saw on my phone that she had tweeted this: [tweet https://twitter.com/#!/DownsRose/status/155839622402945025] What? I said.  She looked at me and said That is my worst nightmare. She read parts of the news story. She was 7. They had an action plan. She authorized Benadryl, but…

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  • Maybe I’m Allergic to Your Intolerance

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    My daughter is allergic to peanuts. I have to confess that the moment I found out, I was upset. Not for her, but for me. Her allergy would deprive me of one of my favorite foods: peanut butter. I got over that (mostly) and we try very hard to be careful for her sake.One of…

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  • My Father’s Day Story

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    Life changes when you use an EPI-pen on your child. We are visiting her cousins, enjoying our Father’s Day. We are having a day of playing and resting and sharing an incredible meal with family. And then she eats cake. We were in the next room, the formal dining room. Rose and I could see…

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