Twinkies maker gifts 2-year-old ‘Twinkie’ before 12-hour surgery at UI Children’s Hospital March 9, 2008
Posted by John in Children, Food, Kindness, Medicine.Tags: Charlise Carlson, Clay Carlson, Hostess, Interstate Brands Corporation, Iowa City (Iowa), Jennifer Carlson, Surgery, Twinkies, University of Iowa Children's Hospital
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Hostess company newsletter encouraged all Hostess employees to stop work on March 6 and ‘eat a Twinkie for Twinkie.’ [PHOTO of Charlise 'Twinkie' Carlson]
From Leelanau Enterprise:
Friends and family of 2-year-old Charlise “Twinkie” Carlson of Suttons Bay [Michigan] will be eating the snack cakes as she undergoes surgery to remove a benign cyst from behind her eyes.
The girl is the daughter of Clay and Jennifer Carlson of Suttons Bay.
“Clay started it out as a way for people to keep good thoughts coming her way,” Jennifer said Tuesday from the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in Iowa City. “And it’s really taken off.”
Charlise was diagnosed as having a dermoid cyst in November after her mother noticed a small spot near her daughter’s nose. While the cyst itself is benign, surgical removal is required since continued growth would make her susceptible to contracting meningitis, an illness involving inflammation of the tissues covering the brain and spinal cord that can be fatal. …
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If I can eat a Twinkie for a good cause… count me in!