Shahin Pirani and her husband, Karim, had never heard of Crohn’s disease until their 9-year-old daughter, Karina, was diagnosed last year, only months before opening Raanya eyebrow threading and henna studio in downtown Del Mar.
“It was most heart breaking and difficult to see a very healthy child who enjoyed living her life to the fullest, enjoyed foods, soccer, art, dance, and was called by her teacher ‘queen bee,’ now all of a sudden not able to eat any normal foods the other kids ate,” said Pirani, who lives in Carmel Valley.
It hasn’t been easy for Pirani to get her business off the ground while adapting to cooking an entirely different grain-free, dairy-free diet for Karina so she doesn’t experience the symptoms of Crohn’s, which include constant nausea and bloody stools. But she wants to promote awareness about the disease so people who know others with Crohn’s will be conscious and sensitive to the debilitating side effects and often young life expectancy.
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