While the rest of us only have 24 hours in a day, Eddi Walker must somehow have at least 30.

It just doesn’t seem humanly possible to do as much as she does in one day. Eddi seems to be everywhere, doing everything.

She is a full-time substitute teacher at Butte Central. She gives blood more than any other person on the planet. She volunteers at track meets. She designs the courses and times for pretty much every non-profit road race in town. She coaches Special Olympians. She runs miles and miles and miles, always looking forward to another race or triathlon.

Simply put, Eddi Walker is amazing. 

Eddi doesn’t do anything for the publicity, so it took a near-death episode to get her to agree to come on the podcast. Eddi nearly died because she bit into a pork chop sandwich that had a bun that was made of sesame seed flower while working as a volunteer at the Class AA and Class B track meets in Butte.

Her throat started closing up, and she was rushed to the hospital.

Of course, being Eddi, she left the hospital and returned to the track meet to continue to hand out medals to the place winners. Then she walked her daughter’s dog and then went to work at the Silver Bow Drive-In.

See. Eddi is amazing.

Her scary episode was brought on by a change in ingredients in the buns. The restaurant didn’t know the bun manufacture made the change. There’s a good bet other restaurants don’t know, either.

That is why Eddi came on the podcast. She wants to share her story in hopes that it will change a life.

We all need to be a little more alert about ingredients in our food. There is a good bet someone in your family is anaphylaxis, and the wrong bite might lead to death.

So, please, listen to Eddi’s story and pass it along. You really might be saving a life.