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.
This is about Civil Rights, not Religion although there were religious components. John Danforth who is a minister, erred on the side of political correctness instead of defending life. Shimmy to the left, John Danforth. You don’t have to be religious to defend life and civil liberties but it helps.
Do you recall that John Danforth was at the UN for awhile for President Bush? JD has globalist tendencies like the prez. It’s easy to give allegiance to euthanasia and genocide in geo-politics. It’s about money and has nothing to do with the re-distribution of wealth. It’s about a smash and grab on people who are easy targets.
Defend her legacy. Tell people not to throw up their food.
There is alot of success with NAET which is an allergy elimination process done by homeopathic doctors. Please check it out. Several members in my family have done this including my 5 year old grandson that suffered from allergy attacks and took several steroids daily. He has not needed allergy medication nor breathing treatments for over a year. Its a process that reprograms your immune and nervous system that allows your body to tolerate any allergens.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58147
I'll start this response to Janet Folger's Oct. 2, 2007, WorldNetDaily piece entitled "The next president of the United States" by doing what she did: Stating that I am writing this as an individual, not in the name of Alan Keyes or any organization with which I am involved.
First, the obligatory "I like Mike Huckabee; he's a nice guy." Without a doubt, his personal demeanor is mild and kindly. Wonderful traits.
~Snip~
Even among our own leaders, few understand this crisis, much less acknowledge it. They are not only living in a pre-9/11 world; they are living in a pre-Terri Schindler Schiavo world. They are living in a pre-gay marriage in Massachusetts world. They are living in a pre-"you can't pray in Jesus' name" world. They are living in a world before tens of millions of illegal foreign nationals invaded our sovereign territory and set up housekeeping in our midst, creating the potential for massive social, economic and electoral upheaval. And as these crucial battles were being fought, too many of these leaders were hiding in a corner somewhere with their eyes closed, hoping it would all go away and that their own little kingdom would somehow survive.
8mm
Pelosi has an eye for the culturally incongruous, or the just plain odd—born-again professional wrestling, for instance, or Holy Land theme parks—and a lot of the piece is of wide-eyed children being thoroughly indoctrinated by things like the Genesis Children's Workshop, whose mission is to prove that evolution is a Satanic myth. Some of the standard hot-button issues get a good airing, of course—abortion, same-sex marriage, Terri Schiavo—and you get the sense that no one's mind is being changed, certainly not that of the woman with the camera from HBO.
HBO presents... Friends of God (2007)
8mm
Elanor Clift just may have been understanding of Terri's plight, but the sway of the left is more powerful than life itself in those who give themselves over to that side. The mantras of lies prevail. Nothing personal.
........................................
Eleanor Clift came to UMKC to discuss the Terry Schiavo case, not because it is still relevant, but because while Schiavo lay dying in the hospital, Clift's husband was also dying.
~Snip~
Clift's husband, Tom Brazaitis, was diagnosed with metastatic kidney cancer five years before he died. Brazaitis died the day before Schiavo. Clift joked her husband was very competitive.
"He had the journalistic good sense to die the day before Terry Schiavo," Clift said.
Clift's husband was in a hospice when he died. She was thankful to the hospice staff for their help.
Clift spoke about the Schiavo case and the role it has in the book she is writing, "Two Weeks of Life." The book is about her husband's death and the Schiavo case.
Terry Schiavo was in a vegetative state for 15 years. Her husband, Michael Schiavo, was trying to remove her feeding tube for the third time. The previous two times he ordered it taken out, Schiavo's parents went to court and gotten the feeding tube put back in.
When the case went to Congress, the media focused attention on it. Clift said Congress was shocked to find the U.S. population didn't think they should be deciding the case.
"Eighty-two percent of Americans thought Congress shouldn't get involved [in the case]," Clift said.
She pointed out her book will not be political. It portrays Schiavo's parents and brother sympathetically.
She said the main issue in the Schiavo case was who decided what would happen to Schiavo: her husband or her family.
Schiavo's husband won the case when he presented enough evidence to indicate his wife wouldn't want to live in a vegetative state.
Newsweek editor speaks at UMKC: Clift wrote about one death while watching her husband die
8mm
Gabriel Stansfield
A New Jersey family is hoping for a court hearing today to regain physical custody of their 8-month-old son, who is being detained now at Morristown Memorial Hospital on the order of the state Division of Youth and Family Services.
"The only thing the family appears guilty of is standing up to the heavy handed approach of the Sussex County office [of the agency]," said Mike Donnelly, a lawyer with the Home School Legal Defense Association.
8mm
The recent articles regarding Hillary Clinton have been quite popular. I am following up with a series of interviews with friend, colleague and presidential historian Paul Kengor regarding the role of faith and social policy in the upcoming election. This interview presents Paul’s take on the religious views of front-runners Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, specifically with regard to abortion policy. Would Rudy be denied communion? Does Hillary think of abortion as a kind of sacred right? Read on…
Hillary Clinton vs. Rudy Giuliani - A pro-life dilemma
8mm
Thread by wagglebee on Hillary.
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Hillary Clinton began a week devoted to women's issues on Monday but she used her first policy speech to bash President Bush on the issue of abortion. Clinton says she has a lead in the Democratic race for president because of the backing of women but she may find it more difficult, one poll shows, to attract women next year.
Clinton started her week devoted to women with an appearance on ABC's "The View" and plans to deliver a policy address in New Hampshire on Tuesday.
Hillary Clinton Starts Week on Women's Issues by Promoting Abortion
8mm
Warm thanks for the tip! I am sending the info I found to our Naturopath. I have several food sensitivities our Naturopath has been treating and I am sure this update will help.
8mm
Great stuff from world net daily... and bttt for TERRI OCTOBER DAILIES!
Here it comes, "Not a day goes by."
God Bless the memory of Terri and freepers who have passed recently. They were part and parcel of Terri's freepers and their contributions to these threads are sorely missed. FV
Great read: Comparing Huckabee to Keyes at WND.
Superb piece!!
For any wanting to see and hear Dr. Keyes at
the 40th commemoration of America’s first
abortion law: www.coloradorighttolife.org
Dr. Keyes’ speech is part of the Focus on the Strategy
2 dvd available at Colorado Right to Life or kgov.com.
This significant piece on Terri and her Legacy is carried on a separate thread by wagglebee.
I think Bobby Schindler is right. There have been a lot of stories of late about how supposedly vegetative patients could understand, or of "miraculous" awakenings by people who doctors were sure would never react consciously again.
Bobby, Terri Schiavo's brother, has noticed that whatever the condition of the patient whose story is being told, the reports all have a common sub theme--the awakening, comprehension, etc. has nothing to do with Terri, meaning it was right to dehydrate her to death.
It is as these reports, to quote Shakespeare, "doth protest too much," as if there is a subliminal realization that a terrible injustice was done to her.....................
Are Some Now Understanding What Happened to Terri Schiavo Was Wrong?
8mm
........................
ROME, Oct. 16 An Italian man who wants to remove life support from his long-comatose daughter was given a new trial Tuesday by the nation's highest appellate court.
Beppino Englaro says he wants to release his daughter, Eluana, from "the inhuman and degrading condition" in which she has been "forced to exist" for 15 years, ANSA reported.
A Milan appellate court last year rejected his longstanding request that the feeding tube be removed from the 34-year-old woman, who has been called "Italy's Terri Schiavo," a reference to a U.S. case in which a Florida man ultimately was allowed to end life support for his comatose wife.
However, the Cassation Court ordered a retrial in the Englaro case, ruling a person's right to decide what medical treatment they receive should be respected even if it would cause death, the Italian news agency reported.
Eluana Englaro of Lecco was left in a vegetative state after being injured in a car crash in 1992.
Demetrio Neri of the National Bioethics Committee said the ruling was "important because it opens up a path." But Adriano Pessina, head of the bioethics center at Sacro Cuore Catholic University, countered that it "raises various serious doubts."
Italy's 'right to die' case gets new trial
8mm
Anyway, here is the article about Living Wills...
Some say not being able to choose a doctor limits their freedom, while others believe there is indeed a conflict between medical and emotional decision-making.
The Terri Schiavo case is a famous example of the conflict and controversy surrounding the health-care proxy issue. She was treated for more than a decade and deemed in a "persistent vegetative state." Her husband wanted to remove her feeding tube, but her parents objected. This resulted in a court battle and a national debate -- all of which could have been avoided had a health-care proxy been in place.
Protecting your wishes Time to bring health-care proxies into your planning schem
8mm
Letting the sCHIPS fall where they may as I bite my tongue... Perhaps it is because I have come to view Catholic Charities as a classic oxymoron. What sticks in my craw is their great success in resettling Islamist Somalians into Lewiston, Maine, just miles away from where I write. I see the results of that instauration daily.
The Catholic Health Association (CHA) called into question Bush's pro-life credentials as a result of the SCHIP veto. "The Catholic Health Association condemns this denial of health insurance for children," said Sister Carol Keehan, president and chief executive officer, in a press release shortly after the veto. "Reauthorizing SCHIP represents a humane and pro-life opportunity: ensuring that millions of children-born and unborn-receive the health care they need and deserve. The President's decision stands in the way of this opportunity." The CHA has become known in recent months for its championing of nutrition and hydration in patients in a persistent vegetative state, issues that were supported by Republicans in the Terry Schiavo case. The CHA has also called on Congress to override Bush's veto.
Saving a sinking SCHIP: Bush, Bachmann targeted by religious groups on the left and right
8mm
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.