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Anything that you dream, [br]just don't give up on it.

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Never give up on it, [br]because it can happen.

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I never would've thought [br]that when I was six,

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and stepped onto the ice, [br]that it would turn into this dream,

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and like this, this thing that [br]I love so much.

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When I was two days old [br]I stopped breathing

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and my mom and dad were panicked.

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The doctors didn't know why, [br]but it was actually

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that I had really really[br]bad acid reflux.

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And I was allergic to my mom's breastmilk,

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but we didnt' know at the time [br]because the doctors didn't know

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I was anaphylactic to anything,[br]because I was only 2 days old.

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And I continued and continued to have [br]really bad food allergy reactions.

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and eventually, when I was [br]probably two years old

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they finally did blood testing [br]and skin testing

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and found out I was anaphylactic [br]to 95% of all food.

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When I started skating when I was six,

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I went to an iceskating class [br]just because I had convinced my mom

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to take me, and my dad...

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my dad was kind of, like, skeptical.

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He was kind of like:[br]"Well I think you should try it,

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but let's not get crazy, [br]let's just be careful."

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because he was really worried that [br]I was going to fall on my stomach

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and hurt my tube or something.

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Growing up, I can't really imagine [br]a time when I wasn't allergic.

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It's just been a part of my life.

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And then when I was 3 1/2, [br]I got my feeding tube placed,

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because I was failure to thrive,

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and I was, I think 22-27 pounds[br]when I was like three years old.

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And they were really worried.

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Well, I can eat some things now,

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and that's why I got the feeding tube,

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so they put formulas into that [br]which helped me grow so much

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and kept me alive.

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And then as I got older, it became harder [br]because when I wanted to skate,

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I didn't want to have a pump on my back [br]and have a backpack on.

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So, they told me....[br]I started doing gravity feeds,

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which is where I hook my tube up [br]and I pour formula down into my stomach.

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so I did that about four times a day,

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and so throughout the day, like breakfast,[br]lunch, dinner and then if I needed extra

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I'll normally need an extra [br]before school time

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because I'm so exhausted from skating.

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But after two feeds,

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I definitely have more energy,

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it's just like after eating a big meal.

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And I can eat like the 5% of foods [br]I'm not allergic to,

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so I can eat chicken, rice, [br]potatoes, turkey, beef.

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So I can have like [br]a good amount of things, but

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my favorite thing is potatoes.

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I eat potatoes in everything,[br]and I also...

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the only allergen I outgrew [br]was milk and dairy.

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So I can have chocolate, [br]and that's my favorite.

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It's my little treat.

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A day in the life of Kendall would be:

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getting up, taking my formula [br]and my medicines,

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for having my medical situation[br]to right key to

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and then going to the rink.

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And skating for a few hours.

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And then I might have [br]a vocal lesson after that,

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so, I have to go to my church[br]and have a vocal lesson.

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And then, normally I have school.

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'cause I have school [br]in the afternoons because

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I am home-hospital schooled[br]through my school district.

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So I'll have school, do lots of homework, [br]and that's pretty much it.

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And the same thing over again.

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I basically...[br]they've done a lot of studies and

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they're still researching food allergies,

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because it's growing,[br]like an epidemic.

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I think it's 15 million Americans with [br]food allergies at the moment,

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but it's sort of funny because [br]the things that I eat a lot,

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I tend to not have allergies to,

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but then one day, you can just wake up [br]and eat it, and have an allergy.

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I used to have tomato all the time.

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I would eat tomato sauces [br]on spaghetti noodles

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or ketchup on french fries, [br]that type of thing,

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and then one day I had..[br]I think I was eating like a cheese pizza

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my mom cooked for me, [br]and there was sauce on it,

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and I just got a really bad reaction,

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and then ever since then, [br]when I eat tomato, my lips swell up.

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It's not anaphylactic, [br]but its a really bad allergy.

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The reactions are normally the same.

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There's different types of reactions[br]to different things,

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like if I am deathly allergic [br]to peanuts, tree nuts,

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really any kind of nut or seed,[br]eggs and soy and pork,

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and things like that.

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So, if I were to ingest that, [br]or when it comes to nuts,

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even breathing it or touching it, [br]my lips swell up, my face swells up,

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and the worst part is my throat [br]swells up. So then I stop breathing,

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and that's what happens many times

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I've almost lost my life eight times.

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And it's definitely what [br]drives me to keep going,

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because it was terrifying.

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Every time it happens, [br]it's a different reaction.

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Mainly it's from just breathing [br]or touching something I'm allergic to.

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What keeps me going [br]is definitely my faith.

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On a daily basis, I don't know

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what I would do without my faith [br]in God and my family.

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And the support of my friends.

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