June 11th I returned from Camp Okawehna outside of Nashville, Tennessee.
Camp Okawehna is a week long summer experience for children suffering from kidney disease. Children who have had a kidney transplant as well as children on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are welcomed at camp — and of course, me, Rena Dee. Camp "O", as it is affectionately called, is one of the largest kidney camps in the country!
Here in Texas, it is sunny and hot! Daily sun protection is recommended for every one, but especially important for children. Because children spend more time playing outdoors, a significant amount of lifetime sun exposure occurs before the age of 18.
The USDA pulled the plug on the Food Guide Pyramid last week and replaced it with the family friendly MyPlate.
But is it really new?
Well... yes and no.
On Monday my wife, Laurie, and I visited Texas Children's Hospital West Campus and had the pleasure of presenting the hospital leaders and staff with a $108,000 gift from our GR8 Hope Foundation to equip the community hospital's second
Tonight's episode of my TV show, The Little Couple, will feature a truly exciting first for me: traveling to Washington, D.C. to advocate on Capitol Hill. AIMS, an organization of individuals and organizations committed to promoting health care simulation as a way to improve patient safety, invited me to be the keynote speaker at their annual meeting in March 2011.