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, October 30, 2011

On the News!

On our way home from the cities on Thursday, I received a text from Lori, one of the gals who was coordinating Kara's benefit. "Call Shane with Lakeland News..."

Holy crap. News? We had an amazing crew putting together a benefit for Kara that was on Saturday. More on that in another post, or two. It's processing in my mind still, the wonderful support we received over the weekend. Anyway, back to the news.

We waited and waited for the girls to calm down, settle in and fall asleep before I got on the phone to call Shane. Of course, the girls were boycotting falling asleep. Go figure. I finally was able to get on the phone and he asked if he could come and interview our family about Kara and the benefit the next day. Yep, absolutely! Yep, we'll see you at 11:00!

They were at our house for a while and there were parts of the interview that I mastered and parts that I really stumbled on. Of course, it seems the parts they played of me talking are the two parts that I struggled with. Go figure! Anyway, we made our few minutes of fame! Here's a link to the segment, but keep in mind, this is a local public broadcasting station! :) Kara Nelson Benefit (I'm being an awful critic of myself, but Kara was adorable and that's all that matters!!! I need some R&R!)

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