[[CCF also runs nationwide summer camps for kids who suffer from Crohns and IBD. Amazing kids who get the chance to realize they are not alone in their misery, and that they have a supportive network of caring people. Not easy to zip-line, swim and horseback ride with a colostomy bag.
They get to attend these camps because doctors and nurses and nutritionists and volunteer adults with Crohns or IBD, (or not), all volunteer their time to make the camps possible.]]
That’s awesome- bowel problems are terribly taxing on folks, especially because they get very little nutrition when they are sick because what they eat goes through them so quickly- they miss out on lots of nutrients- and their growth is stunted, and they become outcasts in society really- “The sick kid” - it’s cool that they have a camp like this for these kids- helps give them a boost in morale I’m sure- a much needed boost-
Terrible for kids. I never knew it started so early. I know an adult female with it. The predinsone really messed up her bones. She’s now on some kind of chemo for the last several years. Also my dad had ulcerative colitis (and dementia from alcoholism). That was a very fun combo. ;)