We held our 4th annual Halloween Non-Food Festival and Trick-or-Treat yesterday at MCG School of Nursing. It was a great success and enjoyed by many children who would otherwise miss out on Halloween fun!
If you are not familiar with the event, it is designed for kids who are on restricted diets due to medical conditions - EoE, food allergy, diabetes, etc. The creation of the event itself was inspired by one of our EoE families and I am honored to be its coordinator. Every year, I am touched by the families who attend and their kind gratitude for the opportunity to let their child enjoy halloween fun without the stress of what they can or can not eat. My hope is that, each year, we can reach out to more families living with these diet restrictions and share the fun so that every child gets to enjoy Halloween!
Here is a link to brief news clip about the event:
http://vp.mgnetwork.net/traveler.swf?embed_referer=&u=6751b7f8336c102ea6fd001ec92a4a0d&z=JBF&embed_player=1
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
National Eosinophil Awareness Week
It's the third annual National Eosinophil Awareness Week is here! APFED has a list of resources and national events and information. One of this years themes are Dum-dums - our favorite.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Newly diagnosed?
Eo-what?
Can you write that name down for me?
What does this mean?
What happens if we don't treat it?
Will this ever go away?
What am I supposed to feed him now?
These are just a few of the questions heard most often from parents of children newly-diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE). I am guessing that, whether your child was diagnosed yesterday or last year, you can remember saying or thinking some of these! Though we can not offer anwers to all of these questions, our local Eos support group (CSRA Eos) can help. CSRA Eos was founded just for that very purpose - so that families living with EoE can reach out to and help each other, with the big questions and the smaller, but critical, day to day concerns (like how to find foods that fit the diet AND that your child will actually eat!). So, please don't wonder and question and worry alone - join us, in person or long-distance (via email, phone, or the web)!
If you would like to receive monthly meeting reminders/event information, please contact me at: kslagle@mcg.edu or by replying to this blog.
Katy
Can you write that name down for me?
What does this mean?
What happens if we don't treat it?
Will this ever go away?
What am I supposed to feed him now?
These are just a few of the questions heard most often from parents of children newly-diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE). I am guessing that, whether your child was diagnosed yesterday or last year, you can remember saying or thinking some of these! Though we can not offer anwers to all of these questions, our local Eos support group (CSRA Eos) can help. CSRA Eos was founded just for that very purpose - so that families living with EoE can reach out to and help each other, with the big questions and the smaller, but critical, day to day concerns (like how to find foods that fit the diet AND that your child will actually eat!). So, please don't wonder and question and worry alone - join us, in person or long-distance (via email, phone, or the web)!
If you would like to receive monthly meeting reminders/event information, please contact me at: kslagle@mcg.edu or by replying to this blog.
Katy
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