Hope for Willow
WILLOW Hodder is jumping for joy because soon she may be able to eat the same food as her big sister. Three-yearold Willow cannot enjoy what Grace, eight, has as PKU limits her to 3g of protein a day. Meat, eggs, wheat and dairy products are all banned.
Mum Chelsea Glover, 28, said it was “gruelling” measuring every meal and morsel.
But if blood tests show Willow will respond to Kuvan, she hopes her daughter can enjoy tasty food. Chelsea, of Bromborough, on the Wirral, said:“Kuvan will give sufferers the freedom to live like you and I. Willow could be able to enjoy the same lunch from the canteen as her peers. “Willow starts nursery at a primary school in September and the preparation has been lengthy.” Chelsea’s partner Stewart, 32, also has PKU, although he is not on a special diet. Chelsea said Willow wants to eat like Grace. Willow’s mum added: “She doesn’t understand why she can’t and the guilt is setting in for me.”