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8/16/12

Raising Children with PKU

Kevin Alexander interviews parent Jason Raitz about raising two children with PKU. Jason relates their family's experience from the discovery of PKU through a screening test to management and support.

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Kevin Alexander Kevin Alexander,
Living with PKU
Kevin Alexander of Shreveport, Louisiana, is Patient Power's PKU reporter and a successful television news videographer living with PKU. Kevin was touched by numerous stories of patients off diet and sought to learn how he could make a difference in the lives of others living with this genetic condition. Now 31, Kevin continues to stick to diet, take his formula... more >

Jason Raitz Jason Raitz,
Parent of children with PKU
Jason Raitz is a father of two children living with PKU. He shares his experience learning all about PKU from diagnosis to management and support. more >

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