[Ammi]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

I've heard of peanut allergies before, but I never thought it was that serious.

It's a really sad story, shame that it took this for the mom the realise that she should have been carrying around this injection all along. And again it was pretty reckless to overlook the -this product contains nuts - warning.

Hopefully people and children who get diagnosed with this in the future will be better informed.

..yeah, some are extremely serious, Claudia...at school, children with nut allergies can't eat their lunch on the same table with anyone who has something like a peanut butter sandwich in their lunch...it happened once because no one was aware the child had the sandwich filling and the 'nut allergy' had an instant and extreme reaction...we did have an epi-pen though, which we used and then he was taken to hospital...he was ok but it was very scary...

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yeah, some are extremely serious, Claudia...at school, children with nut allergies can't eat their lunch on the same table with anyone who has something like a peanut butter sandwich in their lunch...it happened once because no one was aware the child had the sandwich filling and the 'nut allergy' had an instant and extreme reaction...we did have an epi-pen though, which we used and then he was taken to hospital...he was ok but it was very scary...

A girl at my friends daughters school just died from a huge allergic reaction to nuts, so sad.

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yeah, some are extremely serious, Claudia...at school, children with nut allergies can't eat their lunch on the same table with anyone who has something like a peanut butter sandwich in their lunch...it happened once because no one was aware the child had the sandwich filling and the 'nut allergy' had an instant and extreme reaction...we did have an epi-pen though, which we used and then he was taken to hospital...he was ok but it was very scary...

We have to seperate one of our children too but thankfully nothing has ever happened at my work. Are you epipen trained? I am and it's crazy up see how quickly it can happen.

I think the mother should have carried the epipen at all times really.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by MarysBoyChild

We have to seperate one of our children too but thankfully nothing has ever happened at my work. Are you epipen trained? I am and it's crazy up see how quickly it can happen.

I think the mother should have carried the epipen at all times really.

You would think so if your child had that serious of an allergy. Still though I think If I worked at a pharmacy and someone was dying on my doorstep, I'd just hand it over tbh

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Niazareth

You would think so if your child had that serious of an allergy. Still though I think If I worked at a pharmacy and someone was dying on my doorstep, I'd just hand it over tbh

i agree but i very much doubt he knew her prescription and im not too sure whether the mum said it herself. he could have killed her himself if he 'guessed' and got it wrong so i think he just did what he thought was best.

i know you'd just hand over the medicine, anyone would... but I don't think it is as simple as handing over a simple prescription. Maybe it takes 10 - 15 minutes to make. who knows?

for someone to blame the pharmacist is totally wrong. There's many things wrong with the healthcare system atm and this isn't one of them. This pharmacist will probably blame himself for life now.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by MarysBoyChild

We have to seperate one of our children too but thankfully nothing has ever happened at my work. Are you epipen trained? I am and it's crazy up see how quickly it can happen.

I think the mother should have carried the epipen at all times really.

..yeah, virtually everyone in the school is epipen trained because we have quite a few allergies, although not all of them have serious reactions..and actually, not all of them have epipens...we've had a few random allergies as well when not even the parents were aware of them until it happened, so there were no epipens etc...luckily they've all been ok though, but it is pretty scary to see it all happening so quickly...and the feeling of complete helplessness when a child/someone can't breathe..I guess that's why I can't understand this story and the pharmacist because, you would try anything to help them if you could because it's obvious with a serious allergic reaction that time is a big factor...but I guess I also understand that they wouldn't have wanted to take responsibility for something going wrong so it is a difficult one...just not a position you want to be put into really...poor girl and her family though, just one of those very tragic things....