Tyler Savage: he is fed through a tube in his stomach
Posted on 10/02/2007 3:51:14 AM PDT by 8mmMauser
Tyler Savage: he is fed through a tube in his stomach
A boy of 12 suffers from so many allergies that he is able to eat only five foods.
Tyler Savage is violently ill every time he is given dishes containing dairy products or wheat, gluten, eggs, lactose and soya.
The sole foods he is allowed are chicken, carrots, grapes, potatoes and apples.
To help him survive, minerals and vitamins are pumped directly into his stomach through a tube.
Tyler started to fall ill at the age of six when even a morsel of food would leave him writhing in agony from sickness and diarrhoea.
His mother, Lynne Savage, 43, said: "We asked for help but kept being told that he was suffering from a stomach infection. As a result his weight dropped drastically.
"He ran out of energy really quickly and couldn't do the things other children were doing. He just seemed to be getting worse and worse.
"It's been a real struggle. We didn't know what to do."
Tyler - from Earls Colne in Essex - was seen by a paediatrician at Chelmsford's St John's Hospital and had his appendix removed in December 2005.
Although the operation was a success it failed to solve the problem and he was referred to Colchester General Hospital for further tests and treatment.
That shed no light on the mystery illness and in April last year Tyler was sent to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London for checks on his stomach and bowels.
The tests led to a diagnosis of eosinophilic enteropathy, a rare and condition in which the intestines produce too many white blood cells.
These act as a miniature immune system and attack food passing through the gut to the stomach.
The condition saw Tyler's weight drop to barely three stone.
"He was becoming malnourished," said Mrs Savage, a married mother-of-three and housewife.
At first, Tyler was fitted with a nose tube to help get food direct to his stomach, bypassing the rogue blood cells in his gut.
Then, this May, he had a tube inserted into his stomach allowing him to be fed for up to ten hours through the night.
"Even though this will continue for the foreseeable future, it is a godsend," said Mrs Savage.
"Last year he was only at school for about ten days, but in the first two weeks of this new term he's only missed one day.
"We've got a long way to go but at least we're now getting some answers."
In the day, Tyler, whose father, David, 60, is an engineer, can eat the five foods he is not allergic to.
New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- A leading web site on science issues ran an article on Tuesday from its "junk science" reporting that misleads women by saying the abortion-breast cancer link is nonexistent. It also says there is little or no way to prevent breast cancer, despite studies showing that having children helps protect women from the disease.
Science Web Site Misleads Women Saying Abortion-Breast Cancer Link a Myth
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Thread by wagglebee.
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new poll sponsored by the Des Moines Register newspaper finds former mayor Rudy Giuliani falling to fourth in the first presidential battleground. Additional questions of likely caucus-goers by the newspaper finds 75 percent of Republicans are turned off by his pro-abortion stance.
Rudy Giuliani Falls to Fourth in Iowa, Pro-Abortion Stance Upsets 75%
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BIG NEWS: President Bush was in PINELLAS PARK today. First visit EVER by a president to Pinellas Park. He was lunching with the mayor.
The irony just keeps comin'.
Prayers for John Graziano. He's going to need a lot of treatment and love. If the death lawyers are sniffing around, John G. will need more than tlc. He may need an army of citizens to watch his medical status and see if he gets any raw deals from the Sixth Circus Court, Pinellas Cty.
Big money is involved. Mr. Mind Control can't be far behind.
Betcha he had all of his vaccines as a newborn; wonder if he would even have these allergies if he hadn’t. Poor guy - prayers up for his long and healthy life.
Needless to say, very little media coverage of W's visit. Maybe tomorrow's paper.
Hospice Woodside, Pinellas Park, FL.
CLARIFICATION: President is visiting Pinellas Park which is a small town. He is NOT going to Hospice Woodside, also in Pinellas Park. It’s too late for Terri by 2 1/2 years. Maybe his visit is a little thank you to the city for carrying out her extermination. It was largely a police matter.
Don't suffocate me, bro. (Martin Anderson, deceased) boot camp death
Don't dehydrate me, bro. (Terri Schiavo). judicial homocide
Tampabay: Schiavo: 'Come down, President Bush'PINELLAS PARK - Angered by the latest political developments in Washington ... Jeb Bush's brother, President Bush, should visit Terri Schiavo, too, he said. ... www.sptimes.com/2005/03/20/Tampabay/Schiavo___Come_down__.shtml - 58k - Cached - Similar pages [ More results from www.sptimes.com ]
President Bush to visit Tampa Bay - Breaking News, Tampa Bay ...The private fundraiser will be held at a home in Pinellas Park. After the brief visit, the President is expected to head to South Florida. ... www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=6cccd12e-8a1c-449f-87d5-0268b1fa9160 - 63k - 23 hours ago -
Wills to Live won't. Download a Will to Live on line and you won't inadvertently bump yourself off.
Good advice.
Alan Keyes, Terri advocate was KEPT OUT of last night’s debate in Michigan. I don’t know why Keyes doesn’t start a third party. The RNC treats him the way the DNC treats Ralph Nader.
Towards the end of October is the anniversary of Terri's 2003 Vigil. The death cultists were planning on a halloween death. Terri got a reprieve from Fla's culture of death in Oct. of 2003 but plans to try again were already in the works.
She was murdered.
http://www.judgegeorgegreer.com
(they showed the accident scene just now. Palm tree seems to still be there on Court St.) FV
A “Will to Live” is better than a “Living Will” and can be downloaded to be used, or just used as an example, from www.nrlc.org.
Always make sure you know what you’re getting into with a “living will.” For instance, if you say: “I don’t want to be on a respirator,” it could mean one thing if it would only prolong an imminent death for months or years, and another thing if it would only be needed for 48 or more hours after an accident, and one could be restored to normal health.
I think I mentioned before, but repeat this one. A few days ago, I downloaded a copy of the Will to Live to take to our friend who is our attorney and also the Probate Judge for the county, like Judge Greer. He hadn’t been aware of it before and was glad to get it,read it, and have a copy as a template.
ST. PETERSBURG - A Pinellas County circuit judge on Wednesday gave the mother of John Graziano temporary guardianship of her young Marine son, critically injured in a car crash while wrestler Hulk Hogan's son was at the wheel.
Probate Judge Lauren Laughlin also granted a continuance of the guardianship hearing as Graziano's father, Edward, had requested. No date has been set for the hearing to determine who will be the permanent guardian, but it is expected to be held within 60 days.
After closing the hearing for 45 minutes to hear about John Graziano's medical condition, the judge said there was "clear and convincing" evidence that he is incapacitated and unable to make decisions on his own.
Mother Of Injured Marine Named Interim Guardian
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The media never disappoints. The lefties have nothing but this shopworn mantra but because Terri's Legacy is such a stormy cloud on their sky, they can't let go. One more day, it is all Fred and Terri, all the time. Today again it dominates the news regarding Terri.
Over the course of a few weeks at the end of September and early October, Thompson proved why he should never be president of the United States. First, on Sept. 13, he was asked about the Terri Schiavo case. He responded by saying, “That’s going back in history. I don’t remember the details of it.”
It was two years ago! Now I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t call that ancient history. If he can’t remember that far back, how can we expect him to conduct diplomacy or work with Congress?
Grand ole’ Thompson hardly the GOP ‘savior’
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One of the most startling developments is the threat from a group of Christian evangelical fundamentalists to desert the GOP to form a third party. They are feeling ignored, after all those years of lording it over the White House. If Giuliani wins the nomination, they fear their power truly will be marginalized. Their major issue, opposition to abortion, would fade away. That, of course, would be a good thing for the country and the GOP. No more Terri Schiavo circuses!
'Blue' Republicans fleeing the Hill
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Thread on latest antics by wagglebee:
Bennett, a former homosexual himself, now married almost 15 years to his wife and the father of his two children, said, "Sorry 'Dear Abby' - You are WRONG on this one!"
"Jeanne Phillips (aka Abby) is opining a lot about how very little she knows. Her using buzz words as 'homophobic' and 'inclusive' and 'judgmental' are to scare people into believing she is 'right.' Homosexual family members need to be loved and be treated with respect, yet going as far out on a limb as Phillips did, is showing FALSE love and is actually harmful. We encourage families to love their 'gay' identified loved ones unconditionally, yet without ever condoning or accepting the behavior.
First She Backs Abortion and Now "Dear Abby" Supports Homosexual "Marriage"
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