4-year-old went into anaphylactic shock after another passenger in a plane ate nuts 4 rows away.

[Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker]

@PunditLisa

I worked at a fundraiser at a memorial and awareness campaign for a young girl with a severe peanut allergy who died after eating a Subway sandwich at a food court. Even though the restaurant didn’t serve anything with nuts in it, they did share a counter with a cookie company, so it was theorized that some trace nuts remained on the counter. Or perhaps a worker ate a peanut butter cookie and didn’t change his/her gloves. . . .

According to their comments about the autopsy, ‘massive’ amounts of peanut protein were found. I don’t know how to quanitfy ‘massive’ in a case like this, but the upshot is, they still don’t know.

[muldoonthief]

@GrumpyBunny

One thing I noticed with the story – no one was concerned that she felt really hot, or had asked if her face was flushed. That’s a huge sign of impending anaphylaxis.

It sounds as if the parents didn’t really receive good counseling about signs of anaphylaxis, nor did they realize that the method Emily was using to “test” food isn’t exactly safe. If there’s any doubt, DON’T EAT IT. And realize that if your child has that level of allergy, at some point she’ll need the Epi-Pen, and might as well get used to the idea. So sad that they didn’t (it sounds like) get good medical counseling.

Yeah, my 10 year old has a severe peanut allergy, and yeesh, that poor girl and her parents basically did everything wrong. Sorry to put it so bluntly, but that’s how it is. I have no idea if they even ever mentioned her allergies to their GP, or if she was also seeing an allergist, or what. But the “touch food to her lips” method of testing food was essentially akin to the “pull the trigger to see if the gun is loaded” method.

[Boogly]

And a follow up from the Daily Mail

Family removed from flight after asking airline not to serve nuts

[purplehorseshoe]

Just wanted to point out that reading this thread is making me binge on PB straight outta the jar.

[Broomstick]

Please do so on my behalf.

I used to love Reese’s peanut butter cups, my hands-down favorite… until I started developing a peanut allergy. Oh, nothing pyrotechnic - I stopped eating them as soon as I started having even mild problems.

>sigh<… but I still miss them sometimes…

That’s one reason I get irritated by people saying “I’m allergic” so they don’t have to eat foods they simply don’t like. Liking or not liking has nothing to do with it. It’s a fact that MOST food items I’m allergic to I actually like… I just can’t have them any more. Ever.

I’ve had to give up about four of my favorite foods for life. No cheating allowed.

So please - eat my share. I’m glad I enjoyed them while I could. Now, enjoy them for me.