Love Remembers Day Trailblazer Award Nominations 2019
It’s time to remember those lost to anaphylaxis, and to nominate advocates we hope will win the Love Remembers Day Trailblazer Awards in 2019! Read More …
Author: Eileen
How Kids view Food Challenges
I just discovered an artifact that spelled out my fears of a food challenge as a kid. And all because my 5th grade teacher made us keep a daily journal. Read More …
Baked Egg versus Egg OIT: How do they stack up?
Allergists have been recommending baked egg (when tolerated) as an egg-allergy treatment for years. Egg OIT is an emerging technique to more rapidly introduce eggs. How do the two compare? Read More …
Food Allergy Lunch Drama before breakfast
Just a few minutes after dropping my son off at school, I got a robo-call saying something broke in the kitchen so they’re serving sack lunches instead of the expected pizza. So in grand Food Allergy Parent fashion… Read More …
Elijah’s Echo
Elijah Silvera would have turned five years old today. His death following ingestion of a grilled cheese sandwich at preschool still strikes a chord for many food-allergic families because it goes against type. Read More …
Epinephrine Abuse Experiments
If you’ve ever wondered what happens to epinephrine if you thoroughly abuse it, you have to read this! My experiment is shocking! Read More …
When Food Allergies Undermine Authority
While I don’t usually see Food Allergies and Discipline as related, I have encountered a few situations in which food allergies have undermined authority. I’m sure other food allergy parents can sympathize with some of these situations. Read More …
Thankful Thursday – Love Remembers Trailblazer Advocate Award
I was truly honored and amazed last month when I learned that I had been awarded the Love Remembers Trailblazer Advocate Award from Compassion for Anaphylaxis! Quite honestly, this came as a happy, complete shock. We’d been promoting the nominations for this award on social media, but Dean didn’t even tell me he’d nominated me Read More …
The New Look of Don’t Go Nuts
We got to try the brand-new, re-launched Don’t Go Nuts bars! How do they taste? Read more to find out! Read More …
Balancing Anxiety and Risk
Public playgrounds can be intimidating when you think about all the allergens other kids may have left behind, but it’s important to balance that anxiety by looking at how great the risk really is. Read More …