Archive for the ‘Family’ Category

Why House Dust Mite Avoidance is Hard

Another way to title this is ‘Why allergists can be meanies’. How could we even think of shattering such a peaceful, tranquil, and sweet image? I wonder if this is the more commonplace reality of young children and stuffed animals. A colleague of mine, Dr. Veda Ackerman once told me that an allergist can never give a [...]

August 12, 2010 · fleickly · 3 Comments
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Welcoming a New Family Member

We are proud to announce that we are grandparents for the second time. Miles was born on April 28, 2010 in Falls Church, Virginia. He joins his his now two year old sister Stella making the family a foursome. I spent the first part of my vacation visiting Miles and playing with Stella. She really [...]

May 9, 2010 · fleickly · 2 Comments
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The ‘Silly Pizza’ Dance!

The institution of ‘day care’ is very interesting. In my allergy/immunology practice I see a good number of children for evaluations of their immune systems due to recurrent infection. The concern is that there may be a problem with the immune system that predisposes them frequent infections. All too often the problem began in the [...]

September 15, 2009 · fleickly · 4 Comments
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Pictures and Portraits

My daughter Bethany is an excellent photographer. I frequently look to her for pictures to use in this blog. She has an excellent eye and she has a very pretty daughter Stella to take pictures of. She posts many of her pictures and she is very generous in allowing others to use them, just as long [...]

August 12, 2009 · fleickly · No Comments
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With Tremendous Pride- A son enters Dental School

  The IU Dental School Class of 2013- White Coat Ceremony The program for the Ceremony.  My eldest son Brandon was accepted at the Indiana University School of Denistry. Classes started for him in early July, however the school conducted their ‘White Coat’ ceremony in early August.  This ceremony is a somewhat new tradition for [...]

August 12, 2009 · fleickly · 2 Comments
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