Adjusting to Food Anaphylaxis
http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1312078
What a great article this one is about 2 young girls in the US.
“Riley Mers and Shaylyn Poreda have severe food allergies the kind that could kill them. Fanny packs of medicine and walkie-talkies accompany the two kindergartners wherever they go at school.”
Every school should have walkie-talkies or some similar mobile communication device. Regardless of whether there are children with medical conditions that require it.
“Her students wash their hands as part of their routine start of the day, and Cavera read the children’s book Allie the Allergic Elephant to them to help explain why Riley and Shaylyn might be treated a bit differently.”
It’s all about setting up routines that usually just revolve around general hygine anyway.
The best line in the article that made me laugh was this one.
“And a church they wanted to join told them they couldnt accommodate Riley and were worried about the liability, Mers said.”
Now that is a classic.
Aaron