Who thought this was a good idea? Hazing a peanut allergic girl with peanut butter? Apparently, a group of high school cheerleaders in Utah took their newest team members to a park to celebrate. Instead, the plan was to haze the new girls by blindfolding them, having them do push-ups, sit-ups and then spraying them [...]
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Love Someone with Food Allergies?
Help them get closer to a cure for food allergies! I’m ready for a cure now. It’s time. Really. Monday’s food allergic reaction death of Diallo Robbins Brinson is enough. Since I started blogging last August there have been five deaths. Five far too many. I feel a great need to participate in one wave [...]
Hey Epi pen: what’s up? No Singles, pulled commercials, website down?
Now, you know how much I like to approach life from the view-point that the glass is half full, but today, Mylan (the maker of our beloved Dey Epi Pens®) has a glass that is half empty for many reasons that are quite upsetting to our food allergic community. We rely on epinephrine to help save [...]
Witty cartons are food allergy awareness fun
Combining wit, artistry and living with life threatening food allergies, this savvy lady, Tiffany Glass Ferreira, makes a great point while putting a smile on our faces! Actually, she writes a fun little blog too called Food Allergy Fun! After an exciting first birthday for her daughter, (exciting here means first reaction and ambulance ride), [...]
Ammaria’s Food Allergy Death is saving others…starting today!
Through tragedy a light shines bright with hope: this morning, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell signed into law a bill that will require each Virginia school board to adopt and implement policy for schools to maintain and administer stock epinephrine. If you recall, Virginia first grader, Ammaria Johnson died last January from a food allergic reaction [...]
