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It was a normal Friday, until it wasn’t – the diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8636 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2014

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever heard of Kawasaki Disease?  Chris and Monisha Lozier's daughter Mae was a healthy and happy 4 year old until she got swollen glands and a fever. They found themselves living in a hospital for the next 9 days and eventually discovered their daughter had Kawasaki Disease. This is is an immune disease in which the medium-sized blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed. It's cause is unknown, and it's largely seen in children under five years of age. It affects many organ systems, and it's rarest and most serious effects are on the heart - it can cause fatal coronary artery aneurysms in untreated children. Chris and Monisha takes us through their experience with Mae and how they eventually arrived at this diagnosis.  They talk about advocating for your child in a hospital, misdiagnoses, and the blessings that can arise from such a challenging experience. No worries listeners, the story ends well (Mae just received a completely clear heart scan, she's doing great!), but it is an important and interesting story that will keep us better informed. We hope you enjoy.   Other resources: Come see us @ Green Fair on the Fox in Batavia, IL on Saturday, August 9th from 9:00-3:00 @ Peg Bond Center 151 N Island Ave Click the following links to purchase Cathy's books The Self-Aware Parent Part 1  & and Part 2 Click here to find her blog, and click here to find her Chicago Parent column. Todd has a few spots opening for his Men's Group.  Email me @ [email protected] Tree of Life Chiropractic Care have some interesting workshops planned.  An outline can be found here. If you shop Amazon by going through our website first (there is an amazon link on the bottom right hand of our home page), a portion of your sale will help fund our Be U program.  Thanks for supporting us! Check out our new website & be sure to sign up to get all new podcast sent direct to your inbox @ ZPR. We would love to hear any comments from the show by sending us an email @ [email protected] You can be sure to hear more by liking our Facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/ZenParenting How important is a good smile?  Just ask our new partner John J Kelly DDS.  They are located on the northwest side of Chicago and will meet all of your family's dental needs. Painting or remodeling?  Don't forget about our parnter Avid Co.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is May Lozier, and you're listening to Zen Parenting Radio?

0:05.2

Conversations with people we love.

0:07.4

They love me.

0:12.9

Do do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.

0:15.6

Hello, this is Todd Adams.

0:16.7

This is Kathy Adams.

0:17.6

Welcome back to Zen Parenting Radio.

0:19.5

This is a Conversations with People We Love, and we have two very special guests.

0:23.6

Chris Lozier and Manitia Lozier.

0:25.8

Welcome.

0:26.6

Thank you for having us.

0:27.4

Get your microphone a little bit closer to you, so you're all good.

0:30.4

So, Kathy, do you want to start out?

0:32.4

What are we talking about today?

0:33.2

Sure. Well, we're talking about Kawasaki syndrome today, and you may or may not know what that is,

0:44.6

but these are our very special best friends, and they just so happen to deal with this syndrome.

0:46.2

Do they call it a disease?

0:47.4

Both.

0:49.4

Wikipedia calls it both. Okay.

0:50.0

So disease syndrome, and it's interesting because I'm going to let them tell their own story,

0:55.9

but this happened last year, and they were the second people I knew who had to deal with this.

1:01.3

And it just so happened that that year, was it last year that they did this on Gray's Anatomy?

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