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[quote=Anonymous]I am absolutely FURIOUS with my MB & DB right now. Their daughter (4-yrs-old) has a fairly serious peanut allergy. Neither MB or DB grew up around people with food allergies and neither have ever had to deal with a food allergy prior to their daughter being diagnosed. I have 2 siblings with severe food allergies so I've been the "expert" on grocery shopping, cross contamination, and generally teaching MB and DB how to cope with having a child with food allergies without having it rule their lives. In the past they've been careless about it - not wiping down counters after making themselves something with peanut butter or buying baked goods without checking the label. Whatever- she is their daughter, its their house, and as long as their daughter doesn't ingest it she's fine. Well this morning they didn't wipe down the counter after making peanut butter toast, then they made her toast which ended up having a smear of peanut butter on it. She had a severe reaction, I stuck her with an epi pen while MB called 911 and she's now in the hospital. I'm hoping this is a serious scare to get MB and DB to realize allergies aren't a joke and that they need to be very aware.

I'm also planning on having a sit down discussion with MB and DB tomorrow. I want to ask what steps they think we should take to avoid this ever happening again and I'm going to offer (again) to go through the pantry and remove unsafe foods.

Any other suggestions on what to say or do are welcome but this was mostly just a vent.[/quote]

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