Chef-owner of San Antonio's vegan Urban Soul Market closing business to care for sick child

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Urban Soul Market chef-owner Tia Rodriguez said her son is battling sickle cell disease. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX SanAntonioFood SanAntonioRestaurants Vegan

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, is temporarily closing her plant-based ghost kitchen and catering business so she can focus on caring for her child, who was diagnosed with sickle cell disease last October. The self-taught vegan chef announced the move Sunday in an Instagram post, saying her attention is now on finding a cure for her son Kaleb, who's experienced a"complete loss of leg functionality" due to his ailment.

“We will be stopping all events, pop ups, catering and ghost kitchen efforts in search of a cure to save his life at this point,” the post reads. “This is not goodbye but rather a very peaceful see you soon.”Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder marked by defective hemoglobin that inhibits the ability of hemoglobin in red blood cells to carry oxygen, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.

 

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