Nutrition company to reintroduce formula for Omaha boy with rare food allergy

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Katy Healey

Soon, Jamus Hovseth will eat breakfast without getting sick, have lunch without throwing a temper tantrum, and enjoy an afternoon snack without throwing up.

The 3-year-old Omaha boy suffers from a rare condition in which essentially all food makes him sick, and last year, the company Nutricia stopped production of the only formula Jamus could tolerate.

Nutricia decided this week to reintroduce the old formula, called Neocate Junior, exclusively for families in Jamus's situation. Officials called Jamus's mom, Robyn Hovseth, Tuesday to break the news.

“We went downstairs and had a little dance party with the boys,” Hovseth said.

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Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20140205/LIVEWELL01/140209258/1685#nutrition-company-to-reintroduce-formula-for-omaha-boy-with-rare-food-allergy

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Hosts, I posted in LBN in case anyone reading has a child that suffers a like condition that may not have been reached with the good news. If this needs to be moved to GP, just lock it and i'll re-post it there.

OS

[redwitch]

1. That is a decent thing for them to do.

What an awful disorder Jamus has!

[dembotoz]

2. wow--

hope at some point a do it yourself formula can be developed.

some degree of independence would be safer

[LiberalArkie]

3. Maybe Soylent?

[roguevalley]

4. one of my students has a child like this. imagine a life where you can't eat anything but this

forever.

[Heidi]

5. Kick!

[LibertyLover]

6. That is very good news

for this family. I'm glad we live in an era where children with this condition, albeit rare, can be helped. I don't want to think what life would have been like for Jamus and other children like him, and their families as well, say 100 years ago - their lives may have been short and, in some cases, painful. Good on Nutricia.