Toilet Paper for a Year winners announced!
June 8, 2011The Toilet Paper for a Year contest is over, and Sarah Fagan is the winner! Sarah is 18 years old and was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis when she was 17. When she was first diagnosed she had to stay in the hospital for an entire month to get things under control. The remission didn’t last long, and in April this year she had the first step of the surgery. Just a couple days ago she had step two of the J-pouch surgery, and is actually currently in the hospital!
Sarah’s motto is: “I swim. I run. I hike. I ski. I have an ileostomy.” After adjusting to her ileostomy, she created a picture book for young children facing a total colectomy in order to educate them in a fun, interactive method about living with an ileostomy. She gave the book to her ostomy nurse who now uses it to teach pediatric patients about their ostomy. The book focuses on the concept that young people with ostomies can live a very active, “normal” life. To see the book, click here.
Additionally, this summer she will be a camp counselor at Camp Gut Busters, a camp for children and adolescents with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
We also had two runners-up, Liesl Peters and Cathy Jackson, both of whom will receive toilet bowl mugs.
Thanks to everybody that participated! We will have more contests in the future!
~Nadia and Dennis
