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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 548628" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Star, I asked Allison and she said there are no allergy shots that they can give for food allergies, you just have to avoid that food. Allison and her brother both had lots of environmental allergies when they were kids - dust mites, pollen, molds, grass, etc. - and they both took allergy shots for several years which really helped a lot. But food allergies are different. </p><p></p><p>And Ethan has not used the epi pens yet. What happened was that when he was about 18 months old, Allison got off work late, picked Ethan up at day care and headed home, but he was fussing and whiney because he was hungry. So she stopped at a place near their house and bought hamburgers and fries for a quick dinner and to keep him quiet on the way home, she gave him one little french fry to chew on while she drove the rest of the way home - less than a mile. There were no signs up in the restaurant and she had no idea that they still used peanut oil to make their fries! It only took her a few minutes to get home and when she went to get him out of the car seat she saw that his whole little face had swelled up in just that short time and he had only taken one tiny bite off the french fry! So she just buckled him back up and headed straight for the emergency room! I'm not sure what they gave him in the ER but it's probably the same thing that's in the epi pens. </p><p></p><p> Since then, they have just been super careful not to let him have anything with peanuts, anything cooked in peanut oil, or any other kinds of nuts. And according to this allergist, his allergy to peanuts is pretty severe. What upsets me is that this is not the only popular restaurant chain that still cooks food in peanut oil! Many of them still do! And despite the fact that millions of little kids have severe, even life threatening allergies to peanuts, these places do not post warning signs that they use peanut oil for cooking and that small children should <u>not</u> eat those foods. As severe as Ethan's reaction was, had Allison not acted so quickly to get him to the ER and had that ER been further away than it was, his <em>first</em> reaction could have been his <em>last</em>! Like most parents of toddlers, they were always very careful not to give him anything with peanuts in it just as a matter of course, but it really never occurred to them that some restaurants still use the peanut <u>oil</u> to fry foods with. As many little kids as there are with peanut allergies now, restaurants should be REQUIRED to give warnings that they cook with peanut oil and that those foods should <u>not</u> be eaten by small children. It's a very scary thing!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 548628, member: 1883"] Star, I asked Allison and she said there are no allergy shots that they can give for food allergies, you just have to avoid that food. Allison and her brother both had lots of environmental allergies when they were kids - dust mites, pollen, molds, grass, etc. - and they both took allergy shots for several years which really helped a lot. But food allergies are different. And Ethan has not used the epi pens yet. What happened was that when he was about 18 months old, Allison got off work late, picked Ethan up at day care and headed home, but he was fussing and whiney because he was hungry. So she stopped at a place near their house and bought hamburgers and fries for a quick dinner and to keep him quiet on the way home, she gave him one little french fry to chew on while she drove the rest of the way home - less than a mile. There were no signs up in the restaurant and she had no idea that they still used peanut oil to make their fries! It only took her a few minutes to get home and when she went to get him out of the car seat she saw that his whole little face had swelled up in just that short time and he had only taken one tiny bite off the french fry! So she just buckled him back up and headed straight for the emergency room! I'm not sure what they gave him in the ER but it's probably the same thing that's in the epi pens. Since then, they have just been super careful not to let him have anything with peanuts, anything cooked in peanut oil, or any other kinds of nuts. And according to this allergist, his allergy to peanuts is pretty severe. What upsets me is that this is not the only popular restaurant chain that still cooks food in peanut oil! Many of them still do! And despite the fact that millions of little kids have severe, even life threatening allergies to peanuts, these places do not post warning signs that they use peanut oil for cooking and that small children should [U]not[/U] eat those foods. As severe as Ethan's reaction was, had Allison not acted so quickly to get him to the ER and had that ER been further away than it was, his [I]first[/I] reaction could have been his [I]last[/I]! Like most parents of toddlers, they were always very careful not to give him anything with peanuts in it just as a matter of course, but it really never occurred to them that some restaurants still use the peanut [U]oil[/U] to fry foods with. As many little kids as there are with peanut allergies now, restaurants should be REQUIRED to give warnings that they cook with peanut oil and that those foods should [U]not[/U] be eaten by small children. It's a very scary thing! [/QUOTE]
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