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How awful for you Lee, and your parents, to have to watch. Watching a
kid suffer is the absolute worst thing. Well death is the ultimate but
you know what I mean.

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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> unfortunately this really is her life, so you will simply have to
> decide which is more important, you not touching meat, or her living
> to adulthood, i hate to be harsh, but coming from a family where my
> parents not only had to do things to my eyes medically that aftwards,
> my father would throw his guts up, they paid for over a hundred k of
> surgical procedures, starting in 1959 on their own, so i could see for
> a while, i am sure grateful they were both able to do what needed
> doing, if they haden't the doctors would have had no option but to cut
> out my eys because the pain wouldn't have been bearable, Julie you
> are a smart woman, and you love your child, now go do what needs
> doing, Lee
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>>>>> : > Julie Bove > wrote:
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>>>>> julie,
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>>>>> You can make kebabas in the broiler of your oven. I live in a
>>>>> city
>>>>> apartment and would make them for the kids occasionally.
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>>>> I won't use the broiler. Too messy. I also don't think I could
>>>> make kebabs. I won't touch raw meat.
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>>>> Too bad the chicken kebabs they sell have either wheat or peanut in
>>>> them.
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>>> Well, the unfortunate thing now is that Angela really needs to have
>>> certain things to get healthy so you might have to bite the bullet.
>>> Use the disposables gloves. When Jazz was an infant she got asthma
>>> after bronchiolitis. I had a major mask problem ever since I had a
>>> rubber mask pumping ether into me when I had tonsils out at 3. For 2
>>> days nurses held her while she was on the nebuliser. After that they
>>> forced me to do it. As they said, my child's life could depend on
>>> this and I was the only one home with her most of the time. Yes they
>>> were brutal but it was necessary. My kids' life and health had to
>>> come before my phobia. I think you might have to overcome some of
>>> your problems like with fresh meat, to help Angela. No one else is
>>> going to do it.

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>> There is no way I will handle raw meat even with gloves on. And no
>> way I will use the broiler. There is no way of knowing if she would
>> even like the kebabs. Chances are she wouldn't. She just doesn't
>> like meat when I cook it. I found part of tonight's dinner on the
>> kitchen floor. I guess she thought I wouldn't see it there? A piece
>> of meat and a potato with one bite taken out of them. She said she
>> liked the potatoes. Apparently not. I didn't like them one bit.
>> Most likely because of the garlic. Luckily it was a small dinner but
>> apparently too much meat for me.
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>> My stomach has really been bothering me lately and the foods I seem
>> to digest the best are white bread, white rice, and mashed potatoes.
>> I hate eating these things around her but... I guess I have no
>> choice. Especially since we are down to one toilet now.
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>> I am hoping the guy will show up tomorrow like he said he would to
>> finish my driveway and then I can ask him if he could put in a new
>> toilet. After we get that paid off I will take her to Smart Eats.
>> They sell gluten free stuff and low carb stuff. In most cases you
>> get one or the other. And I think most of the low carb stuff will be
>> out for her because it contains nuts or soy. But we might find
>> something she can eat.
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