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Thursday, July 30, 2009
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12:25 PM
A five-year-old boy from Adelaide appears to be a medical mystery because he is allergic to all food.
The only things Kaleb can put in his mouth are water and a certain brand of lemonade.
He is fed for 20 hours a day through a machine that pumps nutrients directly into his stomach.
Unless doctors can find a cure, he will never have his first beer, or a birthday cake.
He can not even share pencils with friends in case he accidentally ingests a bit of food left there.
His mother, Melissa Bussenschutt, said doctors have "no idea" exactly what is wrong with him except that food makes him violently ill and fills his stomach with ulcers.
"Little did we know he was in so much pain," she said.
Kaleb had a birthday party in February, with a clown and face painting – and a birthday cake. "He still wanted a birthday cake, but he wanted his sister to eat it," Mrs Bussenschutt said.
"He still wanted to blow out his own candles, but he wanted his sister to have his cake."
Allergy expert Professor Peter Sly said cases like Kaleb's were "very rare".
Experts refer to the current generation of children as "Generation A", in reference to the increasing number of allergies, and have called on governments to invest in more research in the area.
The Bussenschutts are trying to raise money for more research and have organised a bike ride from Melbourne to Adelaide next year.
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