Her father is suing.
She has a nut allergy and ate baklava? Because someone told her it didn’t have nuts in it? IT’S MADE OF NUTS!!! Did she eat it with her eyes closed?
She didn’t have an epi pen? She didn’t go to the school nurse? Checked out of school and took a walk instead? What? What?
I don’t have allergies, so someone please help me make sense of this. How could a seventeen year old with nut allergies eat baklava and head to CVS for some Benadryl afterwards?
Isn’t that an unusually bad series of decisions? Darwin Award level? I mean, if it wasn’t this, she might have died trying to dry her hair in the microwave.
Well TIL that baklava is even a word, never heard of it before. Nice to know, given that I’m allergic to hazelnuts and walnuts.
Also, our school district didn’t even have a school nurse, it wasn’t until years after I graduated that I learned school nurses are a thing at practically all schools, except ours apparently.
Epi pen, or do you just go Benadryl? Because maybe allergy sufferers are a lot more casual about their health than I thought?
I have an epi pen. I’ve had an anaphylactic reaction and found out (because someone else (a medical professional) went to grab it from my car) that it was expired. I have them mailed to me but a doctor has to prescribe them and renew my prescription. So I would absolutely not count on this person having a usable EpiPen. That being said I’m also almost 40 and didn’t experience this kind of allergy when I was a teen. I certainly can’t speak for how a teen might react to having to change their eating habits and general habits to avoid certain foods. Not every kid is thinking clearly especially during a medical emergency.
Edit: I just read the article and I’m gonna say you’re not just wrong, you’re kind of an asshole.
Facts from an actual article about the situation:
The school where this happened had been previously notified that this student had an allergy.
The school supplied the food containing the nuts. They admit or witnesses corroborate that she specifically asked if the food had nuts in it and was told that it did not.
School staff were notified that she was having an allergic reaction and they gave her permission to go next door to a pharmacy to get medication to treat her symptoms. They did not call 911 and did not enact the emergency medical plan/policies in place for such a situation.
At the pharmacy the student’s condition worsened and she died from cardiac arrest brought on by the allergic reaction.
This is entirely on the school and the family has every right to sue.
This is what needed spelling out. Thank you.
Thankfully my allergies aren’t severe enough to need an epi-pen, but when I do happen to consume something I’m allergic to, apparently my intestines end up swelling and also feeling really itchy, from the inside…
Benadryl for about 4 to 6 days is usually sufficient for me as the food digests and passes, but of course the drowsy side effect sucks.
It’s easier for me to just try my best to avoid things I know I’m sensitive or allergic to in the first place, but yes sometimes mistakes have happened.
I do feel really bad for people with deadly level allergies, and if someone with allergies needs help reading ingredients or whatever, I’m more than glad to respect and help, as best as I know anyways.