![]() ![]() Under the intoxicating influence of warm and tasty chocolate chip cookies, the cardiologist made some calls and pulled some strings. She explained Kate’s situation and asked if anything could be done. Learning of Kate’s predicament, Kate’s grandmother took action, baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies and hand delivering them to an acquaintance who is a cardiologist at the hospital. Kate’s grandparents live in Chapel Hill, NC, fairly close to the Duke Children’s Hospital campus where there are pediatric rheumatologists on staff. For many kids who have arthritis, this barrier to care often results in long waiting times and extensive travel for needed appointments and treatment. Eight states have none while 5 states have only one. who have arthritis, yet fewer than 350 board-certified and practicing pediatric rheumatologists. There are more than 300,000 kids in the U.S. We couldn’t wait 5 months to find out what was wrong.” “The pediatrician didn’t believe she had anything terribly wrong and referred Kate to a pediatric rheumatologist. “They suspected it was arthritis, but said it would be very strange for a child to have arthritis,” said Brook. The next day Kate was examined by an orthopedist and pediatrician. A trip to the local emergency room and several tests provided few answers and no explanation. When she was only 18 months old, Kate’s knee swelled and her leg was unable to straighten. Kate was an active baby and toddler, playing with her toys and learning to walk. Kate Wingate was born in 2004 to her parents, Brook and Paul, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Little did they know the impact their invention would have on a little girl from Greensboro, North Carolina some 67 years later. American chefs Ruth Graves Wakefield and Sue Bridges invented the chocolate chip cookie in 1938 and served them as a sweet snack and dessert at the Toll House Inn in Whitman Massachusetts. ![]()
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