Mom Demands School Go Peanut-Free For Allergic Child

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227. I see your point. I was just struck by seeing

"wither away in special ed." in two posts within a couple of seconds.

Yeah, this is a tough situation, assuming all the information we have thus far is accurate.

As I explained elsewhere in this thread, I have a deathly allergy to bee stings. I carry epi-pens everywhere I go. Even so, the times I've been stung, an epi-pen injection was just the first part of the treatment. After that I'm supposed to get to an ER, have injections of cortisone, be monitored for a couple of hours, and only then, after I've been stable for a couple of hours, do the doctors feel it safe for me to leave. I have nearly died while being rushed to the ER, so it's a very frightening experience. And I'm an adult--I can't imagine what this must be like for a kid.

And as I also pointed out above, epinephrine is a pretty potent drug--at least that's the way I experience it. After injections I stay wired for hours (stress is probably also a factor in that). I'd hate to have to use it very often on a child.

This is a tough situation, and I don't know that there is a solution that will make everybody happy. Another poster posted a link saying that the incidence of nut allergies is rising, for whatever reason, so it sounds like more school districts will have to deal with this issue.

It must suck for this kid though, and his parents. I hope everyone can get together and reason out something that works, and gives him a chance to get a quality education on a par with everyone else in his school.