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utopian (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:52 AM Original message |
So, your child has a nut allergy |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nevermind. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. It's in Volusia County |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. I have a nut allergy. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. So... it's not that they don't like me ... it's an allergy? |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. I'm not allergic to tahiti nuts! |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. I have deepest sympathies with those who have allergies. |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. Great post. I was amazed at some of the responses that I read. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. Hope Owen navigates a nut-strewn world successfully. I know several people who carry |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. My son is allergic to peanuts too. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
8. Does your child have the level of allergy as reported in the story HERE: |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I know people with severe nut allergies, but have never encountered one... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. With that kind of severity, why take the chance? |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. I'd like to see the child's doctor's statement |
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utopian (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I was thinking the same thing |
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utopian (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. The same is true of Owen |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Sorry, but a "no peanut rule" puts the onus on schools, parents and kids all of whom |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. My daughter's school now has a "no nut" rule |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Let me get this straight: Your child could die from sitting next to a person who ate peanuts? |
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utopian (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Yes |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Yep. Agree about the hit piece. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. We have had great success with allergies by treating the digestive system. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. You should be ashamed of yourself. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
60. I would not let my child risk death if he was that allergic. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Because PEANUT BUTTER IS now REQUIRED in PUBLIC SCHOOLS?? Is it like New Math? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I think wiping down children with bleach is asinine. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Agreed because some people are sensitive to bleach! |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. How about because you shouldn't be wiping down your face with bleach. |
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utopian (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Slippery Slope |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I don't know what exactly you're replying to |
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utopian (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Sorry, I misunderstood |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Bleach? WTF? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yep |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. the problem with severe peanut allergies is that you can't predict the next reaction |
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utopian (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. Well said |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
56. The reports indicate an very intense allergy or a very strong over reaction |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
10. Thanks. Sorry you have to go through this. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. Great post. |
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Aryo (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
13. My young cousin has a horrific allergy to peanuts |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
15. From Saint Louis,,, |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. and if someone mistakenly brings something with peanuts? Or unwittingly? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Or processed in a plant that also handles peanuts |
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utopian (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Then it happens |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
16. There has to be a reason for why this is now common |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Peanut allergies, autism, brain cancers: Never heard/knew of one case in my first 40 years. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Because you never heard of it doesn't mean |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Brain cancer has most certainly been around for a long time. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
53. An allergy like this is so obvious, though, |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
49. Overprocessing of foods. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
62. food allergies have been around forever |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
17. Our 8 year old niece has the same issue and we take every precaution when she |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. Didn't mean to sound insensitive. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. Peanut and potato are pretty pervasive. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. Our son is allergic to uncooked potato peels |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Allergies, especially non anaphylactic ones are more |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
23. There's being cautious and then there's wiping down students with bleach |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
46. That's too dangerous |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. That is a very true post. Thanks for pointing that out. |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Yes, that's why I know this |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. It's amazing what the right diet can do, isn't it. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
47. If she is that severely allergic does that mean that |
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utopian (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. I totally agree |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
54. If there was a poster child for bubble boy |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
55. What a coincidence. We have a grandson who is a few years |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
64. If schools and parents didn't overreact, there wouldn't be such pushback. |
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