Being Sensitive to Serious Food Allergies
It is so important for parents, doctors, school officials and the public to be informed about how dangerous food allergies can be (“They’d Better Watch Out,” Dec. 19). You can educate a child at a very young age and they will be careful, but their friends’ parents have to be willing to be sensitive to the seriousness of the problem. And as the child gets older and does not want to be “different,” they will take more chances. On June 11, 1993, our grandchild was celebrating her eighth-grade graduation at school and ate a brownie that had peanut oil in it. She died within the hour. She had all A’s in school, was an excellent harpist, bought stocks on her own and loved life.
DONNA M. EKBLAD
La Verne
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