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Newspaper Article About My Daughter, Mollie

KimG

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Hi everyone,

I haven't been on this board for a while but we've been busy! I wanted to share the article about my daughter, Mollie, who has celiac disease. Not only was this front page news in the Sunday, Nov. 19 edition of The Anderson Herald Bulletin (Indiana) but it has been picked up on the wire with the AP and has gone out to 2,800 newspapers across the country and another 1,500 today!!!! And it's still on the wire! Mollie feels very strongly about getting the word out about celiac disease in order to help others who may not even know they have it! We were fortunate and had a great family doc from Canada who was taught more about celiac disease than here in the USA. Please email me if you have seen this in your local paper! Enjoy!!!!!

Best,

Kim Guthrie, proud mom of Mollie

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Leaving the disease behind

Kim Guthrie goes through several knives making toast for her family in

the morning. And she has to use two toasters. “I also have to use two

different tubs of butter,” she said.

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That is the most wonderful article.........wow. I am so impressed by your family....and that the author took so much time to REALLY portray what it is like to be a Celiac. This just gave me chills.

:D Hugs to you and your family!!!!!!

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lonewolf
Posted

Wow! What a great article. Thanks for sharing it. I'm glad your daughter is doing well.

FeedIndy Contributor
FeedIndy
Posted

Awesome!

I'm very surprised I didn't hear about this. My in-laws live in Anderson and I'm pretty sure they both get the paper.

angel-jd1 Community Regular
angel-jd1
Posted

Congrats on the article.

On a side note.........does anybody else see the ironic ad for the Santa's 10,000 cookie toss for Mounds mall

Hopefully they are tossing gluten free cookies :)

-Jessica :rolleyes:

KimG Rookie
KimG
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Wow! What a great article. Thanks for sharing it. I'm glad your daughter is doing well.

Oh Gosh! I can't believe that they didn't see it either.......FRONT PAGE and a whole other page on inside with loads of pictures!!! Well, anyway, at least you got to read it here! I'm glad you enjoyed it.....we are getting alot of great responses which means alot to Mollie.

Best,

Kim

Congrats on the article.

On a side note.........does anybody else see the ironic ad for the Santa's 10,000 cookie toss for Mounds mall

Hopefully they are tossing gluten free cookies :)

-Jessica :rolleyes:

That is really funny.....that ad changes from day to day. Yes, i think i need to see if the Santa accomodates for Celiac kids!!!! What can i say......Mounds Mall will do anything to get some advertising! LOL!.........Kim

marciab Enthusiast
marciab
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What a great idea having an article about kids dealing with celiac.

But, I read where Mollie eats Mc Donald's fries and I thought they had gluten ???

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happygirl Collaborator
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marciab-

that is a long drawn out discussion. i don't want to hijack her thread. i'll PM you about it.

:)

Laura

by the way...i sent this article out to all of my family and a bunch of my co-workers. They are all super supportive, but it was so nice to see an article about someone that I don't know, and they are JUST LIKE ME in terms of the cross contamination!!!!!!!!

You should share these comments with the journalist who wrote it!

Guest nini
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what a wonderful article! my daughter is 6 and I hope that she continues to have a great attitude like Mollie as far as this is concerned. I LOVE the quote "leaving the disease behind" that is great!

KimG Rookie
KimG
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marciab-

that is a long drawn out discussion. i don't want to hijack her thread. i'll PM you about it.

:)

Laura

by the way...i sent this article out to all of my family and a bunch of my co-workers. They are all super supportive, but it was so nice to see an article about someone that I don't know, and they are JUST LIKE ME in terms of the cross contamination!!!!!!!!

You should share these comments with the journalist who wrote it!

Thanks so much for your imput! Yes, the McDonald's thing can be a problem but has not been for us (thankfully)! We happen to know the manager/owner of the McD that we go to here and it truly makes a difference. Besides that, thanks for emailing and sharing this article with friends, co-workers, and family! Mollie is just a kid......a NORMAL kid......that just has to eat differently to have good health! That is the way that we see it and NO OTHER WAY. I have gotten very close to the wonderful reporter, Lynelle Miller, who cared enough to put this article on hold for two weeks in order to get it ALL CORRECT. She is truly a wonderful young woman who cares about what she is doing and who she writes about. I hope that she gets credit for her hard work! I am sharing with her alot of comments and emails i get, along with her sending me emails that she has gotten from all over the country! It is truly wonderful to hear (for all of us) the impact and thankfulness that folks have sent! I guess Mollie's goal is getting accomplished after all!

Best,

Kim

rez Apprentice
rez
Posted

Great article. Did you get your diagnosis by dietary response, or did she (Mollie) end up having a biopsy? Great article again, loved it. Maybe now doctors will educate themselves!

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