Kara was diagnosed with food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) in August of 2010. She has had many FPIES reactions and complications that have lead to numerous hospitalizations and specialist appointments. It was a huge sigh of relief to finally have some answers and a diagnosis, however we have to remind ourselves daily that this is a very serious disease and this is only the beginning of the long road we have in front of us.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Birthdays!

April and May are full of birthdays in our families and yesterday we celebrated Brenna and Kara's birthday's together since they are only ten days apart. I was so excited for Kara to have a birthday cake! I have a friend who is an AMAZING cake decorator and she agreed and was 100% willing to make a cake that would be perfectly safe for Kara! We did a lot of messaging back and forth, many ingredients list checking and found a dairy free cake mix. Since Kara can have eggs, that worked out fine and her safe oil is canola. Perfect! Tara made a frosting for Kara out of her dairy/soy free "butter" spread and she does fine with dyes (so far!) so we did another check and double check of the ingredients in that, and it all proved to be safe!

Kara, our little bug, had her very own birthday cake! She loved her cake so much that she wouldn't even look at the camera and in true almost-two-year-old fashion, never sat still for one decent picture! I'll give it a shot on her actual birthday I guess.
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  1. NicholeMay 17, 2011 at 1:16 AM

    Hooray for birthday cake, and super cute ones, too!!!

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  2. music_rxmamaMay 17, 2011 at 10:08 PM

    A-DORABLE!!! So happy for the happy birthday girl!!!

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