Someone gave gluten to my gluten sensitive child

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD started pre-school a few weeks ago and I have those "gluten free" and "diary free" stickers all over her lunch box and lunch containers.

She's only 2.5yo so she doesn't know yet what she's allowed to eat and what hurts her. The school knows about her sensitivity and they're also a nut free school. Yesterday she came home from school with very little appetite, saying her tummy hurt and very very irritable. I thought she was tired and put her to sleep. She woke up from her nap with a massive diarrhea in her underwear and pooped numerous times since yesterday (yellow diarrhea like) when her normal is one huge poop at breakfast and one little one when she wakes up from her nap.

I'm sure they fed her something with either milk or gluten in it. How do I approach them? The only time she was away from me was in school so I know she didn't eat anything from her "no" list while under my watch. What do I even say to them?

You can outgrow gluten sensitivity, and it comes in waves, too. So stop worrying. My friend's daughter had it for ONE year before testing proved she was in the clear.

Rather than place blame upon these teachers, talk to them. You know there IS a stomach bug going around. Four colleagues have it. So it may be coincidental.

Really? Do you have a source for outgrowing it? In order to test for it there has to be gluten in the system. If her daughter hadn't been eating it, of course she'd be "clear" when re tested. That doesn't mean she outgrew it.

Would you like my friend's daughter's medical records with the gluten test results?

You're a fucking moron.

Gastroenteritis
ulcerative colitis

Wait a sec.

Does your dd have Celiac, or does she have Ulcerative Colitis.
Those are two completely different beasts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD started pre-school a few weeks ago and I have those "gluten free" and "diary free" stickers all over her lunch box and lunch containers.

She's only 2.5yo so she doesn't know yet what she's allowed to eat and what hurts her. The school knows about her sensitivity and they're also a nut free school. Yesterday she came home from school with very little appetite, saying her tummy hurt and very very irritable. I thought she was tired and put her to sleep. She woke up from her nap with a massive diarrhea in her underwear and pooped numerous times since yesterday (yellow diarrhea like) when her normal is one huge poop at breakfast and one little one when she wakes up from her nap.

I'm sure they fed her something with either milk or gluten in it. How do I approach them? The only time she was away from me was in school so I know she didn't eat anything from her "no" list while under my watch. What do I even say to them?

You can outgrow gluten sensitivity, and it comes in waves, too. So stop worrying. My friend's daughter had it for ONE year before testing proved she was in the clear.

Rather than place blame upon these teachers, talk to them. You know there IS a stomach bug going around. Four colleagues have it. So it may be coincidental.

Really? Do you have a source for outgrowing it? In order to test for it there has to be gluten in the system. If her daughter hadn't been eating it, of course she'd be "clear" when re tested. That doesn't mean she outgrew it.

Would you like my friend's daughter's medical records with the gluten test results?

You're a fucking moron.

Gastroenteritis
ulcerative colitis

Wait a sec.

Does your dd have Celiac, or does she have Ulcerative Colitis.
Those are two completely different beasts.

No, the PP you quoted is talking about her friend's child. She never said anything about Celiac.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You can outgrow gluten sensitivity, and it comes in waves, too. So stop worrying. My friend's daughter had it for ONE year before testing proved she was in the clear.

Rather than place blame upon these teachers, talk to them. You know there IS a stomach bug going around. Four colleagues have it. So it may be coincidental.

Even if I accepted that one can occaisionally outgrow a gluten intolerance, why would that mean the OP shouldn't worry. There are lots of medical conditions that can be temporarily life threatening. Should the parent with the child with a severe peanut allergy be cavalier about what their child eats because some fraction of PA kids outgrow their allergy? Should the parent whose child has low immunity from chemo not worry about germs?

Whether or not she's going to outgrow it, the OP's child has a serious medical issue right now. One that can have a major impact on her ability to grow and thrive. She needs to be monitored carefully right now, regardless of what the future holds for her, and it appears the people who were supposed to provide that monitoring failed to do so. Was it out of malice? No, but there's something that needs to be addressed. Perhaps they didn't understand the severity, and thus didn't set up structures to protect the child from grabbing another's food. Perhaps there was a sub, or a teacher switch, and the new teacher wasn't informed, and they need a system for doing so. Whatever change is needed, the OP can't bring it around without talking to the school so they know what happened.

OP, I'm not going to give advice becuase I assume you've already started the conversation. Good luck and I hope your daughter feels better soon.

[Anonymous]

OP here.

Thanks to those who came with helpful advice. I appreciate it.

I sent the teacher an email asking to talk. We talked the very next day and she explained to me that DC sits on a different table where all the allergic kids sit and they monitor them very very close.

She assured me DC did not eat anything besides whatever was in the lunch box and suggested it could be crumbs that were on the table. She said they will take extra care to wipe the table properly and avoid cross contamination.

Besides all the snark I hope this thread can be used as some sort of PSA to educate those who are not familiar with the seriousness of food intolerance.

Again, thanks to those who tried to help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thanks to those who came with helpful advice. I appreciate it.

I sent the teacher an email asking to talk. We talked the very next day and she explained to me that DC sits on a different table where all the allergic kids sit and they monitor them very very close.

She assured me DC did not eat anything besides whatever was in the lunch box and suggested it could be crumbs that were on the table. She said they will take extra care to wipe the table properly and avoid cross contamination.

Besides all the snark I hope this thread can be used as some sort of PSA to educate those who are not familiar with the seriousness of food intolerance.

Again, thanks to those who tried to help.

Perhaps this could also be a good learning experience for you to not immediate accuse teachers of feeding her something with the allergen in it. Accusations of harming your child are really not good for building collaborative relationships. I hope you apologized to them for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD started pre-school a few weeks ago and I have those "gluten free" and "diary free" stickers all over her lunch box and lunch containers.

She's only 2.5yo so she doesn't know yet what she's allowed to eat and what hurts her. The school knows about her sensitivity and they're also a nut free school. Yesterday she came home from school with very little appetite, saying her tummy hurt and very very irritable. I thought she was tired and put her to sleep. She woke up from her nap with a massive diarrhea in her underwear and pooped numerous times since yesterday (yellow diarrhea like) when her normal is one huge poop at breakfast and one little one when she wakes up from her nap.

I'm sure they fed her something with either milk or gluten in it. How do I approach them? The only time she was away from me was in school so I know she didn't eat anything from her "no" list while under my watch. What do I even say to them?

You can outgrow gluten sensitivity, and it comes in waves, too. So stop worrying. My friend's daughter had it for ONE year before testing proved she was in the clear.

Rather than place blame upon these teachers, talk to them. You know there IS a stomach bug going around. Four colleagues have it. So it may be coincidental.

Really? Do you have a source for outgrowing it? In order to test for it there has to be gluten in the system. If her daughter hadn't been eating it, of course she'd be "clear" when re tested. That doesn't mean she outgrew it.

Would you like my friend's daughter's medical records with the gluten test results?

You're a fucking moron.

Gastroenteritis
ulcerative colitis

Wait a sec.

Does your dd have Celiac, or does she have Ulcerative Colitis.
Those are two completely different beasts.

No, the PP you quoted is talking about her friend's child. She never said anything about Celiac.

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My friend's daughter had a gluten intolerance. But you can crap out blood with gastroenteritis and ulcerative colitis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thanks to those who came with helpful advice. I appreciate it.

I sent the teacher an email asking to talk. We talked the very next day and she explained to me that DC sits on a different table where all the allergic kids sit and they monitor them very very close.

She assured me DC did not eat anything besides whatever was in the lunch box and suggested it could be crumbs that were on the table. She said they will take extra care to wipe the table properly and avoid cross contamination.

Besides all the snark I hope this thread can be used as some sort of PSA to educate those who are not familiar with the seriousness of food intolerance.

Again, thanks to those who tried to help.

OP - I have to ask, because you seem quite certain - do you believe the teachers? Also, didn't you know that your DD sat at a separate, allegen free table for snack? That seems to be something everybody I know with a child who has an allergy knows about (well in advance of the kid going to school).

I genuinely don't mean to be snarky, but you just seemed sooooo certain that it was the school/teachers. Do you have any idea what happened so you can prevent it in the future?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thanks to those who came with helpful advice. I appreciate it.

I sent the teacher an email asking to talk. We talked the very next day and she explained to me that DC sits on a different table where all the allergic kids sit and they monitor them very very close.

She assured me DC did not eat anything besides whatever was in the lunch box and suggested it could be crumbs that were on the table. She said they will take extra care to wipe the table properly and avoid cross contamination.

Besides all the snark I hope this thread can be used as some sort of PSA to educate those who are not familiar with the seriousness of food intolerance.

Again, thanks to those who tried to help.

Perhaps this could also be a good learning experience for you to not immediate accuse teachers of feeding her something with the allergen in it. Accusations of harming your child are really not good for building collaborative relationships. I hope you apologized to them for that.

I agree. This thread was the absolute opposite of a PSA for me. Blaming the teachers is really over the top. And of course the real cause is still a mystery, several weeks later.

[Anonymous]

OP,.nobody gives a damn. Keep your kid home until you teach her to not eat crumbs from tables and floor

[Anonymous]

Maybe your daughter licked the floor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thanks to those who came with helpful advice. I appreciate it.

I sent the teacher an email asking to talk. We talked the very next day and she explained to me that DC sits on a different table where all the allergic kids sit and they monitor them very very close.

She assured me DC did not eat anything besides whatever was in the lunch box and suggested it could be crumbs that were on the table. She said they will take extra care to wipe the table properly and avoid cross contamination.

Besides all the snark I hope this thread can be used as some sort of PSA to educate those who are not familiar with the seriousness of food intolerance.

Again, thanks to those who tried to help.

Perhaps this could also be a good learning experience for you to not immediate accuse teachers of feeding her something with the allergen in it. Accusations of harming your child are really not good for building collaborative relationships. I hope you apologized to them for that.

Really????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thanks to those who came with helpful advice. I appreciate it.

I sent the teacher an email asking to talk. We talked the very next day and she explained to me that DC sits on a different table where all the allergic kids sit and they monitor them very very close.

She assured me DC did not eat anything besides whatever was in the lunch box and suggested it could be crumbs that were on the table. She said they will take extra care to wipe the table properly and avoid cross contamination.

Besides all the snark I hope this thread can be used as some sort of PSA to educate those who are not familiar with the seriousness of food intolerance.

Again, thanks to those who tried to help.

Perhaps this could also be a good learning experience for you to not immediate accuse teachers of feeding her something with the allergen in it. Accusations of harming your child are really not good for building collaborative relationships. I hope you apologized to them for that.

I agree. This thread was the absolute opposite of a PSA for me. Blaming the teachers is really over the top. And of course the real cause is still a mystery, several weeks later.

Harping on the OP for being upset her daughter being sick is really a PSA for DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thanks to those who came with helpful advice. I appreciate it.

I sent the teacher an email asking to talk. We talked the very next day and she explained to me that DC sits on a different table where all the allergic kids sit and they monitor them very very close.

She assured me DC did not eat anything besides whatever was in the lunch box and suggested it could be crumbs that were on the table. She said they will take extra care to wipe the table properly and avoid cross contamination.

Besides all the snark I hope this thread can be used as some sort of PSA to educate those who are not familiar with the seriousness of food intolerance.

Again, thanks to those who tried to help.

Perhaps this could also be a good learning experience for you to not immediate accuse teachers of feeding her something with the allergen in it. Accusations of harming your child are really not good for building collaborative relationships. I hope you apologized to them for that.

I agree. This thread was the absolute opposite of a PSA for me. Blaming the teachers is really over the top. And of course the real cause is still a mystery, several weeks later.

Harping on the OP for being upset her daughter being sick is really a PSA for DCUM.

Could you point out where anyone harped on the OP for being upset her child was sick? She can be as upset as she needs to be that her child is sick - that doesn't give her carte blanche to accuse teachers of deliberately harming her child. What is in the best interest of her child is to work with the teachers to make sure her daughter is safe so her daughter doesn't get sick. Accusing the teachers of feeding her child the exact foods she has told them that the child is allergic too is unfair.

[Anonymous]

The PSA I take from this post is that a child needs to be at a school where his/her allergies are understood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Thanks to those who came with helpful advice. I appreciate it.

I sent the teacher an email asking to talk. We talked the very next day and she explained to me that DC sits on a different table where all the allergic kids sit and they monitor them very very close.

She assured me DC did not eat anything besides whatever was in the lunch box and suggested it could be crumbs that were on the table. She said they will take extra care to wipe the table properly and avoid cross contamination.

Besides all the snark I hope this thread can be used as some sort of PSA to educate those who are not familiar with the seriousness of food intolerance.

Again, thanks to those who tried to help.

OP - I have to ask, because you seem quite certain - do you believe the teachers? Also, didn't you know that your DD sat at a separate, allegen free table for snack? That seems to be something everybody I know with a child who has an allergy knows about (well in advance of the kid going to school).

I genuinely don't mean to be snarky, but you just seemed sooooo certain that it was the school/teachers. Do you have any idea what happened so you can prevent it in the future?

I'm very certain because we're a gluten and dairy free home. It was at school and we don't know for sure if it was crumbs or if DD touched something and then ate without washing her hands properly.

I do believe the teachers. If I didn't I should be homeschooling my daughter and I don't believe we'll be successful at it. Their newsletter for October just came out and there was a huge note on the allergies issue once again so what I take from this is that they're handling it with the seriousness it deserves.

We have an idea about what happened, the teachers offered right away to remediate the situation and to be more vigilant next time, and I'm pretty content with their solution. What else should I expect?