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Two-year-old Hallie Thiessen scoops up a chunk of ice from the front yard of her home in Steinbach, Man., and puts it in her mouth. Since being diagnosed with eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease, ice is all she can eat.
Cari-Lynn Thiessen describes the yard as her daughter’s “buffet” only half-jokingly as a neighbour pulls over to ask how the pair is faring. The toddler’s rare diagnosis is characterized by adverse reactions to all food, a compromised immune system and inflammation of the entire gastrointestinal tract.