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This blog is changing, just as our family is changing. It was originally started to keep in touch with family and friends far away, but when you face a life altering disease EVERY aspect of your life is changed and in some way effected by it. Now I need a place to vent, to share, to help people understand the struggles that we face as a family with 2 children that are struggling with the Disease Eosinophilic Esophogitis, and with all of us having multiple food allergies. So this blog is becoming my journal so to say, an outlet for me to express my frustrations, share my joys, and put all information into one place for those that want to know. Why share something so personal, and often too hard to bare? Well...so much of this disease is silent. We work so hard to help our kids lead a normal life and no one sees the struggles faced daily, and I think it is important to let people know and understand.

What is Eosinophilc Esophigitis?

What is Eosinophilic Esophogitis? Also known as EE, or Eos, or EoE.

First let's start off by saying, there is NO CURE! There is NO FDA approved treatment. And often the only form of successful treatment are large doses of steroids and/or elimination of "trigger" foods, which sometimes as in the case of our 2 boys is an elimination of ALL foods. Forcing them to be on an Elemental Formula ONLY diet and water.

Second let's start with the layman's definition as I know how to explain it, and then I will add links with better medically explained and more in depth definitions. Eosinophils are a form of white blood cell, and in persons with this disorder these eosinophils attack food as if they are a parasite, causing damage to nearby tissue in any part of the digestive tract (in our case the Esophogus). This causes reflux that often does not respond well to reflux meds, vomiting, pain, aversions to food, rashes, diahrea, constipation, and many more symptoms like leg and joint pain, headaches. All of which these symptoms lead to more and more problems from which many you will learn about by reading my posts.

One of the bests places for accurate up to date info go to: Apfed, http://apfed.org/drupal/drupal/index.php

And of course this blog reads most current posts first, so I'll do my best to label important posts to help you catch/keep up.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Monday Morning Photo Shoot

Well...we just got back from vacationing with family and I am trying to find time to write about that...and Abinadi started taking his first steps a couple days ago so I need to write a post about that too...but today is Monday and our impromptu photo shoot was too exciting not to post right away!
All from our back porch! They hung around our street for an hour or so snacking on some good food! They say anything's fair game for a moose if it's not fenced in. You can even be fined on base $300 for feeding a moose if you leave out a Jack-o-lantern and they make a snack of it. I'm curious too see if they ate the Jack-o-lanterns down the street.
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3 comments:

Katie said...

What a fun experience you guys are having there!!!

October 19, 2009 at 7:20 PM
The Lee Clan said...

How cool is that...Wildlife in your own backyard!

October 19, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Ariana said...

Wow, I guess the rumors are true! I think I'd be afraid of moose. :o)

October 22, 2009 at 10:36 AM

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