In Good Company

It’s officially fall! Well, at least for a few days now…..while I cannot wait for the beginning of a new season, new routines and new fall habits to set in (rainy nights, sweaters worn permanently, and just all-around fall activities).

This post has nothing to do with educational in-sights; and everything to do with encouraging the in-between season activities.

This time of year, there seems to be a highten urge to transition. There is the complex lure of light scarfs and sandals, salad lunche...

 Fat soluble vitamins – it’s complex and yet I promised a brief overview and hopefully provide some light on why those with an FOD deficiency may have a tougher time absorbing and using these vitamins.

So, What are the fat-soluble vitamins? and What makes them different from water soluble vitamins?

They are A, D, E, and K.

These vitamins require fatty acid chains of 6 carbon lengths or more for proper conversion and transportation within the body. Fat-soluble vitamins’ do not get transport...

In Good Company with Claire Held

My Story

Like many of you – my story starts off rocky. I was born 2 & ½ months premature, my mother had HELLP syndrome, and I lived in the PICU for the first part of my infancy. Over the next year and a half my body shut down twice – major organ failure, 2 different comas and many, many months in Seattle Children’s Intensive Care Unit. I was Air Lift’s Northwest poster child and Children’s Hospital Merical Network Child in the early ‘90’s. I could go on and tal...