Four-year-old Kaitlyn Garon has a rare and severe food allergy that requires her to be fed through a tube in her stomach. Her day-to-day life isn't easy, but you'd never know it by looking at her smile.
Four-year-old Kaitlyn Garon has a rare and severe food allergy that requires her to be fed through a tube in her stomach. Her day-to-day life isn't easy, but you'd never know it by looking at her smile.
Editor's note: This story was originally posted on Macomb Patch on April 13. On April 16, it was chosen for Huffington Post's "Greatest Person of the Day" feature. We hope Kaitlyn's story spreads awareness and understanding of this rare condition and that her smile inspires those efforts to find a cure. It’s been said that the loss of one sense can strengthen another. When 4-year-old Kaitlyn Garon lost the ability to eat, it was her smile that got stronger. Diagnosed with a rare and severe food allergy at age 1, the Macomb Township girl has spent the last three years learning to adapt to life with Eosinophilic Esophagitis, an inflammatory condition in which large numbers of white blood cells fill the wall of the esophagus and attack …
Shay Kyle
9:03 am on Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Katie, I am sorry that your daughter also has eos, we have a great support group and we would love to have you and welcome to our group. Feel Free to Contact me at Shaykyle528@yahoo.com I have two boys 10&5 with Eos. more ›