Tag: ulcerative colitis
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Things you should never say to someone with IBD
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Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are both forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), an autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to attack the digestive system. Despite being an increasingly common disease in Canada and many parts of the world, IBD is rarely discussed and generally misunderstood. As a parent…
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We’re off to Oahu
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In a couple of days my family is headed to Oahu, Hawaii for a week. However, this is no ordinary trip for us. This is my son Kellen’s wish trip, granted by The Rocky Mountaineer and the Starlight Foundation. Whenever I share this news, I get a lot of questions…
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One Year Later: The Day Our Lives Changed
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A year ago today my husband and I drove our son to the hospital for yet another test. This test was different though. It was being done by a specialist who seemed to already have answers for us. It was being done by a doctor who took one look at…
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Parenting a Chronically Ill Child
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I’m sitting in the hospital with my son right now. It’s become routine for us over the last six months. We know the names of the doctors, nurses and porters in the Pediatric Medical Day Unit, and they know us. They know my son’s preference for his IV in his…
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An Update on Kellen & Ulcerative Colitis
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I’ve had a lot of people asking how Kellen is doing (thank you…I appreciate knowing that people are thinking of him), so I wanted to share this update. THE BACKGROUND… Dealing with my son’s diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis has been life changing for our family. He was sick for months…