Jaxon's Allergies

Jaxon Groenhoff is a very special five-year-old boy. He lives outside Canby, Minnesota with his three sibling and his parents. Jaxon is very special because he has over ten different allergies.

His mom, Tricia sees the daily challenges when it comes to making sure her son is safe and healthy.

When Jaxon was younger, he had extreme eczema to the point they thought he was allergic to milk, making them switch over to a soy baby formula and he ended up getting very sick from that.

One of Jaxon's allergies is to eggs. He has a rare anaphylactic, aromic reactive allergy to eggs. This means if you crack a raw egg around him his eyes will swell shut, even if he doesn't touch the egg.

Tricia says the hardest part is seeing her son as an outsider because he can't partake in many activities his peers are. Especially now that he's getting old enough for birthday parties and sleep overs.





During this story I learned a great deal about working with children. I had about an hour of video, but I was at their house for about four hours because there was about two hours where the kids were VERY interested in the video camera and definitely wanted to see themselves on film. After they got used to the camera being there, it was a whole lot easier to get the footage I wanted.