Steve, your post reminds of two things. I actually ate an entire banana today (right before 1:00 PM ET dinner, remember I eat dinner at "lunchtime" on Sunday)... usually the bananas we get are eaten by my parents by the time I really want one.
I bring this up, because my oldest brother and only sister are allergic to bananas, I believe their throats get itchy/feel fuzzy.
Secondly, you may remember I am allergic to ibuprofen... I had Advil twice and broke out in hives both times, I am hesitate to take Aleve; which is nuproxen (sp?) which I understand is closely related to ibuprofen.
Prayers please?
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Scary Mary!!! Sorry, I just could not resist!!! I should not make light of something so serious!!
It freaks me out to think something as simple as touching PB from a Reeses cup or something could potentially cause a fatal reaction!!! I praise God that she is ok and hopefully has learned from the experience. I so understand doing everything to give her a normal life. My son has a severe hearing disability. Early on we swore that we would not and would not allow him to use it as an excuse for anything that might not be "right". At the same time we have been staunch advocates for his "rights" and the rights of others that are challenged by a disabililty of some sort. It is SO DIFFICULT to do these things with an "invinceable" teen!!
My prayers are with you and Nina.
It freaks me out to think something as simple as touching PB from a Reeses cup or something could potentially cause a fatal reaction!!! I praise God that she is ok and hopefully has learned from the experience. I so understand doing everything to give her a normal life. My son has a severe hearing disability. Early on we swore that we would not and would not allow him to use it as an excuse for anything that might not be "right". At the same time we have been staunch advocates for his "rights" and the rights of others that are challenged by a disabililty of some sort. It is SO DIFFICULT to do these things with an "invinceable" teen!!
My prayers are with you and Nina.
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Wow, once again guys/gals thanks so much. But we're good again, Nina's just fine. I should give a bit of history on her allergy. When she was little I wanted to read up on this allergy and what to do in the event of a reaction. At the time it was a newer type food allergy - not many kids had it yet. Just 5 years ago her Elem nurse came running up to me and was shocked 5 new Kindergartners had an allergy to PB. She and I both wondered what was causing this! But I'm getting off track, when Nina started Elem school, I went overboard in my concerns. The teachers were whiping down the cafeteria tables before she would sit down to eat, for example. Of course all the other kids zeroed in on this - a different kid, let's tease her. And so she was terribly teased thru the years. Kids would run up to her and shove PB sandwiches in her face. She didn't want me to complain, b/c she would have been a tattletale. Since she never actually came in contact with it, and the meds were just down the hall with the school nurse, I didn't say anything. These taunts didn't happen daily, but enough that she decided when she went off to Middle School, with 5 new Elems added to the student body, she didn't tell anyone. All her teachers knew and of course the school nurse knew, but her new friends? They had no clue. And so she's maintained this silence, for fear the taunts will start over again. I do think I'm getting thru to her now though - she and her friends are much older and "true" friends too. Not just classmates you're paired up with. They would not want anything to happen to her, that I'm sure of.
We do have one worry that I have yet to deal with. But it's coming. When Nina was 9 my husband heard on the radio bout a girl with a shell fish allergy who had a full blown reaction. She hadn't eaten it. The docs and family were trying to figure out how she came in contact with it. Turns out her boyfriend had just eaten shrimp and she had kissed him. I clearly remember sitting down with a big thud and declaring OMG to my husband. Then I let out a huge sigh of relief, since she was only 9. Well, now we're going to cross that bridge one day soon I'm sure. And I know for a fact Nina will not ask a boy - did you just eat PB! See why I worry?!!! Again, I just have to trust she'll do the right thing......she hates this allergy. And I do too. But we always say it could be much worse. She can have dairy, wheat, egg products. Even other nuts, if you can believe that! The peanut is in the legume family and so she can have cashews, walnuts, etc. But we still avoid anything that says "mixed nuts" since we now know peanuts are inexpensive and food manufacturers use them as a cheap nut filler.
Steve, had to laugh at your getting hives at the thought of work on Mondays!!! LOL And David, feel for you there too. I agree, we need to accomodate our children's special needs but at the same time, have them live as normally as possible. Hard to do sometimes but it's in the best interest of the child. Petal, you had some good theories there. This is scary stuff! But again, it could be worse. She's just allergic to PB. And we even think she can have peanut oil, but as a general rule avoid it. Years ago before I realized several local potato chip companies used peanut oil in all products, she ate them. No reaction. The one that's the worst is the actual peanut butter. And peanut shells. There have been times we've walked into a restaurant, even given our name for a table, but upon noticing peanuts in the bar area, turned right around and left. The shells were literally all over the floor. If anything, this allergy has taught me to always ask my girls' friends when they're over - do you have food allergies? Had we not had this allergy I probably wouldn't think about it. And now I have a bee sting allergy, so I even understand how serious an anaphylactic reaction can be - I had one once, nothing to mess with. You want to get to the ER, you even want the shots they give you. Anything to feel better and stop the reaction.
Sure appreicate all the prayers. Hopefully we won't have a next time for a long, long time well off into the future. Researchers are working on a vaccine that would slow down the reaction time, or in other words she could come into contact with PB more before she would have the major reaction. She still couldn't eat it, would have to carry meds but we would have more time to handle it. That would be a huge blessing!
We do have one worry that I have yet to deal with. But it's coming. When Nina was 9 my husband heard on the radio bout a girl with a shell fish allergy who had a full blown reaction. She hadn't eaten it. The docs and family were trying to figure out how she came in contact with it. Turns out her boyfriend had just eaten shrimp and she had kissed him. I clearly remember sitting down with a big thud and declaring OMG to my husband. Then I let out a huge sigh of relief, since she was only 9. Well, now we're going to cross that bridge one day soon I'm sure. And I know for a fact Nina will not ask a boy - did you just eat PB! See why I worry?!!! Again, I just have to trust she'll do the right thing......she hates this allergy. And I do too. But we always say it could be much worse. She can have dairy, wheat, egg products. Even other nuts, if you can believe that! The peanut is in the legume family and so she can have cashews, walnuts, etc. But we still avoid anything that says "mixed nuts" since we now know peanuts are inexpensive and food manufacturers use them as a cheap nut filler.
Steve, had to laugh at your getting hives at the thought of work on Mondays!!! LOL And David, feel for you there too. I agree, we need to accomodate our children's special needs but at the same time, have them live as normally as possible. Hard to do sometimes but it's in the best interest of the child. Petal, you had some good theories there. This is scary stuff! But again, it could be worse. She's just allergic to PB. And we even think she can have peanut oil, but as a general rule avoid it. Years ago before I realized several local potato chip companies used peanut oil in all products, she ate them. No reaction. The one that's the worst is the actual peanut butter. And peanut shells. There have been times we've walked into a restaurant, even given our name for a table, but upon noticing peanuts in the bar area, turned right around and left. The shells were literally all over the floor. If anything, this allergy has taught me to always ask my girls' friends when they're over - do you have food allergies? Had we not had this allergy I probably wouldn't think about it. And now I have a bee sting allergy, so I even understand how serious an anaphylactic reaction can be - I had one once, nothing to mess with. You want to get to the ER, you even want the shots they give you. Anything to feel better and stop the reaction.
Sure appreicate all the prayers. Hopefully we won't have a next time for a long, long time well off into the future. Researchers are working on a vaccine that would slow down the reaction time, or in other words she could come into contact with PB more before she would have the major reaction. She still couldn't eat it, would have to carry meds but we would have more time to handle it. That would be a huge blessing!
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