President, Jill Berg
Wife and mother to Elizabeth, age 8 and Andrew, age 6. Jill's son Andrew suffers from Eosinophilic Esophagitis, as well as multiple food allergies including peanut, tree nut, milk, egg, soy and many more. Andrew suffered from many problems as an infant - fussiness, eczema, etc and doctors advised that his mother was just depressed. He was eventually diagnosed with a milk allergy at age 1, then peanut at age 18 months. Shorty after that, he began exhibiting symptoms inlcuding dysphagia and vomiting - that is when he was finally diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitis and multiple food and pet/environmental allergies. Happily, Andrew's condition is under control, and it's Jill's hope that by sharing information and resources, she will be able to provide support to other families dealing with food allergies.
You can reach Jill by emailing her at: cofafmichigan@yahoo.com.
Vice President, Jessica Youanes
Wife and mother to Joe, age 4 1/2 and Gabrielle, age 1 1/2. My son Joe had his first reaction at the age of 14 months from a small bite of a 3 Muskateers. He was then diagnosed with a severe Egg allergy and peanut allergy. Since then we have added tree nuts, sesame seeds, peaches, environmental allergies and asthma to our list. Gabrielle has been tested and her test wasn't quite so simple. She reacted to bananas and peanuts and then poof it went away. As of now we are to keep her from them until she is 2. At this point we will retest and hope for the best. It is my hope that when they are older there will be a cure for Food Allergies but until then to educate others on the importance of understanding them.
You can reach Jessica at cofafmichigan1@yahoo.com
Volunteers Needed
If you are intested in volunteering your time to help plan and coordinate COFAF activities, please contact us today at cofafmichigan@yahoo.com. We need people to help plan meetings, return phone calls to new members and help the newly diagnosed acclimate to life without certain foods, compile information and publish newsletters.
