It is often hard for people to understand just how bad a peanut allergy can be, especially when the person suffers from anaphylaxis. This past week brought a comment that both hurt me as a father and angered me at the same time. It left me wondering, do people really understand what an anaphylactic reaction is and how potentially lethal it can become, because if they did, such comments would not be forthcoming. It kills me to tell Cooper, you can't have this or that, while he looks at all the "yummy" food or candy, and then see the sad look on his face. Here is a video of a man having a mild peanut reaction, Cooper's last reaction was 2-3 times this bad.
And God bless Mason, who told me he was not going to eat the "yummy" candy, because he didn't want Cooper to get sick.
Having a child with a food allergy, is not something I would wish upon anyone. It is a hard and trying road that we have to walk on a daily basis. We need to be constantly vigilant or risk potential exposure and to be more blunt potential death of a child. My only wish that food allergy and anaphylaxis was more understood.
Everyone should read this story.
And here are some pictures from Cooper's last visit to the ER in November after he ate a piece of candy that had a nut in it at preschool.
3 comments:
This guys reaction was nothin' compared to Cooper's last one. You can tell though, that this guy's throat was closing up by the way he was talking. Yeah, Cooper's throat was closing up last time, his lips were blue for crying out loud!
That must be a scary experience for Cooper, and for you & Crystyne.
My childhood best friend's sister died from a peanut allergy reaction. I guess that's why some schools are going "peanut free."
What a trooper, Cooper!
man, that sucks so bad! how stressful!
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