New York Times Magazine The Allergy Buster
Can a Radical New Treatment Save Children With Severe Food Allergies? By MELANIE THERNSTROM Published: March 7, 2013 ...p 50 "At one of Jack’s many long appointments, I asked him what it was like to have allergies. He looked down, his long lashes brushing his cheek. “It’s hard,” he said. I watched his tawny arm, graceful as a ballet dancer’s, as he folded the wings of an origami swan he was making. “I don’t really like being EpiPenned.” A silence fell. His mother’s face sank into shadows. He has an unusually sweet and patient disposition; he would sit in the hospital bed without complaint, hour after hour, doing origami, puzzles and workbooks. But I recalled the day I saw him have an anaphylactic reaction during an updose and how agonized Justine was." Please note: new email for Karen Reeds karenmre...@gmail.com
