Story about Eosinophilic esophagitis .

My son

May 22, 2017

By: Melanie


My son had started getting sick a lot when he was 3 years old.  My husband and I would have to take turns leaving work early to pick him up from daycare because he was sick so much.  When he was around 3 and a half my husband (my son's father) was killed in an accident and I ended up becoming a stay at home mom.  His symptoms weren't that bad because being at home I let him nibble on fresh fruit and vegetables.  He was a picky eater so didn't eat much.  He weighed around 35 to 40 pounds for the longest time.  When it came time for him to start school he started getting really sick again.  Vomiting almost everyday, stomach and chest pains, diarrhea.  As soon as he would get on the bus the driver would hand him a garbage can for just in case.  He was finally diagnosed when he was 10 years old with EoE at Rainbow's Childrens Hospital in Cleveland Ohio.

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