Sad News- Local Child Dies from Food Allergies

In the Gazette on Saturday there was an article about a local Cedar Rapids boy who died while in the care of a daycare provider. It happened earlier this year and it was recently discovered he died due to allergies to wheat. We are sending out special prayers for this family and a warning for those that have children with food allergies to be diligent. Never think you are being over protective. In this case the daycare provider was working with the parents and it sounds like the wheat was undisclosed on some food she fed him. He was only 18 months old. God Bless this little soul and remember if this happens once it has happened too many times.


Hope you all have a great week! Pray for the family as they deal with their loss.

The Taylor's

You can sure tell it is Pollen Season

This week has been a rough one. Callie has the hardest time during this time of year if you can believe it. She has been a continuing flow of snot (gross) due to her allergies. We have been doing her nose washes and that has helped a ton. Lynda is a bit red but nothing compared to last year at this time.
Matt seems to be suffering a bit this year too. There is so much rain here that we have had to resort to rain boots and rain coats. Dad has to goto Salt Lake City next weekend for a conference. Matt has to get his hand worked on, he has a bump the doctor has to fix. We really can't wait for the farmers markets to start up again so we can get fresh produce every week. We also like getting balloon animals from the guy there too.
Last weekend Mommy taught another little girl and her mom how to wet wrap her eczema. She is from a near by town as well. There are several kids around here that are like me with either food allergies or eczema. Last week we also had an earthquake in the midwest and some felt it here. I thought that territory was reserved for California where my aunt, uncle and cousins live. Matt went to prom and his pictures came back great! Keep an eye out for future updates. The scooters were a present from the easter bunny (since we don't get candy and all).

Lynda Dee

It's Sunday- Weekly Recap

Hope all are doing well. Lynda had a bout with Walking Pneumonia that was diagnosed on Thursday. So home we stayed and got some antibiotics to help us get better. She still has red spot where she broke out around her eyes. It kind of makes her look like she is wearing a racoon costume. So by Friday afternoon she was back to bouncing off the walls and driving mom crazy! Callie as been doing well and getting ready to goto preschool next year. In the last 2 weeks we have had kindergarten roundup and preschool roundup. We are pretty roundup at this point. Callie & I went to the PTO spring carnival and found out on the way home that tornado sirens are pretty loud. Ya got to love Iowa spring weather. In the last couple weeks we have had 2" of snow and tornado touch downs (south of here about 30 mi), high winds, rain and more rain. We are excited about the coming we as we are supposed to have a dry out period and reach 70 degrees. :) Matt had to have his toe worked on for an ingrown toenail this week and it hurt to have it dug out. He has had to have this process done several times, but this time was the most painful (and he has a high tolerance of pain). He is at Chrystalsys this weekend for church. We will see how he does with 3 strait days with no cell phones, no TV, no video games or computers. I hope he does not come back in a catatonic state (ha). Lynda sent in her annual request to the governor for a proclamation for National Food Allergy Awareness in May and we got it back in the mail Thursday! Thanks Gov. Culver for your support!

Hope all is well with you and yours
The Taylor's

Food Allergy Awareness Week: Living and Learning Together

FAAN has announced the dates for this years Food Allergy Awareness Week (FAAW) for the week of May 11th to the 17th. If you need ideas on how to celebrate this week or help on ideas on how to bring awareness to your community, visit FAAN's website for more details (Or click here).

I am sure we will be cooking up some fun for Lynda's weekly activities. Post a comment and let us know if you have activities planned!

Have a great week!

The Taylor's

New FAAN Poster

Download your copy of the poster here!