Laura Burk Benson

October 7,2019 My husband has a very unusual, prolonged undiagnosed medical condition that is chronic. They have temporarily labeled his condition as immune dysregulation and chronic "DRESS Syndrome" with a reactivation of HHV-6 virus.   There is a  HHV-6 Foundation  website that contains "some" information that is helpful to us, but again there has been no one found in the world that has what my husband has.   So this entire process has been scary, stressful, confusing and challenging.  Which is why we continue to pray for God to watch over Colin and to heal him. Today's Update: Colin had an appointment with National Institutes of Health (NIH) to review the immune protocol and the results so far of this experimental medication that he is taking. He has had testing twice on his adrenal function to see if it is safe to take him completely off Prednisone and switch to Hydrocortisone.  At that time, he was not y...

VEGETARIAN MONTH I am a vegetarian.   I have been nearly all of my life.   I am that guest at dinner that can't find anything to eat on the menu.  I am that person that suddenly gets interrogated and questioned about my choice to not eat animal products, and then this becomes the ONLY topic discussed at dinner.  I am that person that can't eat at anyone's house.  I am that person that offends others when they ask me to try at dish that isn't vegetarian. I am NOT that person who educates others in a gross or scary way.  Well there was this one time, that I sat my children down for the "talk."  In our house that talk was about our pets, zoos and what we eat. We all know where it comes from.  I just chose not to eat it, ever.  Honestly, I just feel so bad for the animals, so I can't do it.  I can't stand the smell of it cooking.  I hate the hype for a certain food that looks, smells and tastes like meat....