BABY FORMULA CRISIS CAUSING
PANIC NATIONWIDE NOT JUST
IMPACTING INFANTS.
CASH ROYALS IS AN 11-YEAR-OLD
BOY WITH A CONDITION THAT CAUSES
HIS WHITE BLOOD CELLS TO REJECT
NEARLY ALL FOODS.
HE NEEDS FORMULA TO SURVIVE.
HIS PARENTS ARE SOUNDING THE
ALARM THAT KEN IS I JOIN US NOW
ALONG WITH HEIR SON CASH.
GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL THIS
MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
THIS OBVIOUSLY IS SOMETHING THAT
MISSES MOST RADARS BUT IS
IMPACTING YOUR FAMILY AND CASH
DRAMATICALLY.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
>> YEAH.
SO, WE ACTUALLY GOT BABY FORMULA
SHORTAGE TOO UNTIL LAST WEEK.
WE TYPICALLY GET A CALL EVERY
MONTH FROM HIS MEDICAL SUPPLY
COMPANY TO PLACE THE ORDER.
AND THEY DIDN’T CALL US.
AND WE WERE RUNNING LOW.
AND I CALLED THEM.
WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS NONE
FOR HIM RIGHT NOW.
IT’S ON BACK ORDER.
WILL: JUSTIN, IT’S NOT -- IT’S
NOT JUST BABY FOOD.
IT’S A DIFFERENT PRODUCT. I’M ASSUMING MADE OUT OF THE
I’M ASSUMING MADE OUT OF THE
SAME FACILITIES WITH THE SAME
INGREDIENTS IN SHORT DIFFERENT
SHORTAGES.
>> DIFFERENT INGREDIENTS.
>> PROBABLY SOME OF THE SAME
FILLERS THIS FORMULA IT’S AN
AMINO ACID BASED FORMULAENED A
BREAKS DOWN THE PROTEINS IN
FOOD.
HIS BODY MISTAKENLY THINK THE
PROTEINS IN FOOD ARE PARASITES.
IT SENDS HIS WHITE BLOOD CELLS
TO THE GI TRACK DESIGNED TO
DESTROY ANY KIND OF PAIR SITE.
SO THAT FORMULA ACTUALLY BREAKS
DOWN THE PROTEINS IN FOOD SO HE
CAN -- IT ALMOST TRICKS HIS BODY
INTO THINKING THAT THE PROTEINS
ARE OKAY.
WILL: CASH, I SAW YOU SMILING AS
WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT.
I WILL LEAVE IT TO YOUR PARENTS.
THATMACKENZIE BACK TO YOU.
TELL ME ABOUT CASH’S DAY-TO-DAY
LIFE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHAT CAN HE EAT?
WHAT CAN’T HE EAT?
HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS PRODUCT TO
YOUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE?
>> CASH, HE CAN HAVE ONLY
POTATOES, APPLES AND RICE.
AND SO THIS FORMULA, IS WHAT
SUSTAINS HIM.
HE HAS BEEN ON IT SINCE HE WAS
AN INFANT.
AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 18
DAYS LEFT.
WE ARE COMPLETELY JUST TRUSTING
GOD THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE
PROVIDED WITH WHAT WE NEED IN
THE LONG RUN.
HIS DOCTORS HAVE BEEN AMAZING
TRYING TO FIND OTHER FORMULAS
FOR HIM.
THERE IS AN ALTERNATE ONE WE’RE
DOING NOW.
I DON’T KNOW HOW HIS BODY IS
GOING TO TOLERATE IT BECAUSE
IT’S NOT THE TYPICAL AMINO ACID
BASED FORMULA.
SO, WE ARE HOPING THAT HIS BODY
WILL TOLERATE IT WELL.
BUT, RIGHT NOW WE’RE REALLY JUST
HOLDING ON TO GOD AND PRAYING
THAT HE IS GOING TO PROVIDE
SOMETHING OR ALLOW THIS NEW
FORMULA TO WORK FOR HIM.
WILL: SO THE 18 DAYS IS WHAT THE
CURRENT FORMULA.
SO BEYOND 18 DAYS, WHAT IS THE
HOPE THAT THE NEW FORMULA WORKS?
>> 18 DAYS INCLUDING THE NEW
FORMULA.
WILL: WHAT AT THE END OF 18
DAYS.
>> WE ARE HOPING THE NEW FORMULA
WILL WORK.
AND WE -- WE’RE HOPING TO DO
THIS SO THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE
CAN HEAR THIS MESSAGE.
THERE ARE SO MANY KIDS THAT ARE
JUST LIKE HIM THAT ARE ON
MEDICAL FORMULA AND NEED THAT.
SO WE ARE REALLY HOPING THE
RIGHT PEOPLE CAN HEAR THIS AND
PRIORITIZE GETTING MEDICAL
FORMULA TO THESE KIDS WHO NEED
IT.
SWITCH IT UP.
WILL: I’M OVER TIME BUT I REALLY
WANT TO ASK THIS.
HOW COMMON IS THIS DISEASE?
HOW MANY KIDS ARE THERE LIKE
CASH OUT THERE?
>> USED TO BE VERY RARE.
IT’S GROWING PRETTY RAPIDLY.
I THINK I READ SOMETHING ABOUT
MAYBE 50,000 PEOPLE IN THE
UNITED STATES WITH, I BELIEVE.
WILL: WOW.
THEN WE REALLY APPRECIATE DOING
WHAT YOU JUST SAID TODAY TO
BRING ATTENTION TO THIS.
NOT JUST TO BRING AID BUT TO
HELP OTHERS OUT THERE.
NOT JUST FOR CASH AS YOU POINT
OUT.
50,000 PEOPLE WHO COULD BE
SITTING IN A SIMILAR SITUATION
THIS MORNING.
JUSTIN, MACKENZIE, CASH, THANK
YOU GUYS ALL FOR GETTING UP WITH
US THIS MORNING AND WE WISH YOU