video from canda on food allergy child - very sad, death mentioned

boyohboyohboy wrote: this is a video piece that was sent to me thru a food allergy support group. i cried thru the entire thing, mainly because it hits home..with jake..
but i thought this is important, and i am using it to help others in our family take our sons allergies more seriously.
i hope it is able to be viewed..it is important info.
please pass it on to your friends who can then pass it on too..

http://www.canada.com/globaltv/globalshows..._law/index.html

boyohboyohboy replied: I know everyone is busy BUT PLEASE take a few minutes of your time to watch this CBC documentary on Sabrina & Sara Shannon. Sabrina died after eating a French fry in the school cafeteria. Once you get to the site please click on the link that allows you to watch all 6 parts of the documentary. We are hoping that this documentary will help protect our children so no other child will ever have to die from anaphylaxis while in school.

Anthony275 replied: i watched them all
it's sad, the school should've had separate tongs used for things

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Pembroke is only about an hour and a half from here. I grew up in Petawawa...which is the army base next to Pembroke. My brother was born in Pembroke, and I still have several friends in both towns.

This hits home closer for me than ya'll might think.

boyohboyohboy replied: i am sending this up again, i think its important, and we just had this discussion on epi pens in the class room the other day..

kimberley replied: that is so sad and senselss. reminds me of halloween. one of the kids my boys trick or treat with has a severe peanut allergy. only 2 of the at least 50 houses we went to asked and when i got home that night and checked out the "loot", almost HALF the candy has peanuts or been in contact with it. ridiculous!

hope u don't mind, but i thought moving this to children's health forum would be better.

gr33n3y3z replied: cross contamination it should have never happend but it does at alarming rates
We have 2 kids in our school we can not serve anything that contains peanuts in it now for dairy the kids would have to be on their own like my Katie was Educate everyone in Health Class
so sad

boyohboyohboy replied: does anyone know how to find out if this sabrina law is in the process of becoming a bill here or what stage this is in in the house?
i was wondering because i sure would like to help get this passed here

luvmykids replied:
I did watch most of the documentary but never did see exactly what Sabrinas Law is, is it to be allowed to carry the epi pens?

boyohboyohboy replied: sabrinas law was to make it manditory by law that the teachers, school nurse, and people inthe caffateria, all the people in charge of a child, are mandated to know how to use the epi pen. i think in her case it wasnt kept close enough to her, and not all people were really sure how it worked.

luvmykids replied: I also wondered, did Sabrina not realize she was having a reaction? Or did she not get the epi pen because she was so out of it? It's such a tragedy, especially since she ate something she'd already checked out and thought was ok

boyohboyohboy replied: i think she didnt realize how bad it was getting,and she couldnt get the pen herself when she did need it.
i dont know that the teachers realized she had one or knew what to do with it.

lisar replied: Here where my nephew goes to school his teacher actually carries an epi pen for a kid in the class. Anytime they go to lunch or play on the playground or anything she has it on her. And my nephew who has really bad asthma he is allowed to carry his inhaler on him at all times. They should allow those kids to carry epi pens and teach them how to use it just in case. Its so sad that had to happen to make them realize.

MommyToAshley replied: That's so sad. My heart just aches for those parents, I can't even imagine what they are going through.

BAC'sMom replied: Very Sad

Calimama replied: That's so sad.

redchief replied: Sabrina's Law is a good law. I actually think the whole world should know two things:

CPR,
How to use an Epi-Pen.

Both are easy to learn and the few moments difference having a knowledgeable person at hand would make could easily mean the difference between life and death.

I also agree with Lisa that any open kitchen, be it institutional or public access, should be required to have an anti-cross-contamination policy in place.

I feel badly for all of those with children that have severe food allergies. It's a minefield out there. Kids just want to be "normal," but normalcy can be deadly to a kid with food allergies.

amynicole21 replied: Such a tragedy.

gr33n3y3z replied:
I know how to use them bc of Ed and the school nurse went over everything any way with us and the teachers at school