Hello all,
I hope you had a very safe New Years Eve. We spent the night with family to make sure we did not have a situation with Lynda. Parties are always an issue with lots of unsafe food, people that do not understand cross contamination etc. We have been blessed this year with Lynda not having any hospital visits in 2009 and we are hoping that we continue this trend into the new year. We were able to skirt the flu for the most part- both the girls had it this fall, but not as badly as we were concerned they would. Now that the temperature has dropped to the below zero on a more regular basis and the wind has kicked up her asthma, we have had a few more breathing treatments.
We are so excited that our local minor league base ball team is expanding their Allergy Free nights to 2 this season- so we will be attending both in support of the Cedar Rapids Kernels! Thanks for all your help Jessica and support the safety of kids with food allergies! We will pass along the dates as soon as they are firmed up.
We are also continuing to lobby for funding so our schools can keep nurses in each school. With the budget cuts across the nation many school districts are going to part time medical professionals and many are are services to they do not have the same person at the school all the time. It is so important that there is consistency when dealing with children with food allergies, if they don't know what the norm is for the child they don't understand when there is a problem. And this is just one medical issue that children could face- we have to consider others such as diabetes etc. Write your legislators to change the laws or provide funding so these positions do not get cut. We are also still pushing for better and more accurate labeling of food, training for school bus drivers etc.
I hope you all have a great 2010 and a very safe 2010. God Bless
The Taylor's
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