Traveling with Food Allergies

We've had a long cold winter, can't wait for all this snow and ice to melt!

Last Wednesday, I decided I just couldn’t take the snow and ice anymore. I needed to escape to warmer weather, to get some sunshine, and take a break from the dirty snow banks lining the street, as well as the damage from a burst water pipe and ice dam from all the snow (nope, none of the repairs have been done yet!).

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Food Allergies: What To Eat When You Can't Eat Anything

For the past several months, I've been struggling to figure out what's been ailing my youngest son, "A". A vibrant, active boy at 8 years old, and the healthiest eater out of all my kids, "A" suddenly started suffering severe abdominal pains and fatigue, and recently has been found to be allergic to at least 28 environmental/food categories. What caused this to happen all of a sudden? I have no idea. My best guess at this point is that the two bouts of antibiotics he was on last spring killed all the good bacteria in his gastrointestinal system, and bad bacteria grew in its place.  This imbalance has caused all sorts of havoc on his poor little body.

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