Child allergic to host

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wifeandmomoftwo said:
WHAT DID THE POOR KIDS EAT FOR LUNCH THEN??
What did the poor kid do if classmates ate peanuts for breakfast and did not brush their teeth??
I can tell you I would of had an issue with this ruling as would my kids!
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All the schools in our town are peanut free zones since we have a few kids with serious peanut allergies. Parents have come to realize that their kids can live without peanuts at school while their schoolmates may not live WITH peanuts at school. We are all conscious now of not providing anything with peanuts if we know a child will be around.

As a parent of a child with a serious dairy allergy, who wasn’t taken seriously even by her own doctor, I sympathize with any parents who finds themselves in this kind of situation.
 
Phemie said:
Fine and dandy where they exist but not everyone has access to such.
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We quit jobs and moved to where the school existed. And believe me It was a HUGE sacrifice…but they are our children.
 
Newbie2 said:
Are there gluten-free hosts available?

In our parish we have a couple of people who cannot take the host, but fortunately can take the cup.

Now if we could only get all of our EMEs to not frown on these people taking only from the cup…😦
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What do you mean by EME? Extraordinary minister of the Eucharist? If so there is no such thing.
 
wifeandmomoftwo said:
WHAT DID THE POOR KIDS EAT FOR LUNCH THEN??
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They ate in the school cafeteria.
wifeandmomoftwo said:
What did the poor kid do if classmates ate peanuts for breakfast and did not brush their teeth??
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Apparently that didn’t happen.
wifeandmomoftwo said:
I can tell you I would of had an issue with this ruling as would my kids!
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Sure, it wasn’t convenient, but real life ain’t convenient. Whaddy’a going to do, look those poor parents in the eye and tell them that their kid’s life is worth less than your convenience? I’m just grateful that my kids don’t suffer from this.
 
neophyte said:
An elementary school in a town near me had a kid whose peanut allergy was so severe that if the wrapper of a peanut butter cracker were in the room, he’d go into anaphylactic shock from the fumes. They had to ban all outside food from the building.
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And I just remembered, before I was born my mom went through a period when she was allergic to all kinds of things, and her diet was limited in a manner similar to that described by the OP. So I can certainly imagine that someone could have a similar situation involving life-threatening sensitivity to most foodstuffs.
 
BlessedBe said:
Hmm.

I’m going to be completely honest with you here. I think that’s very sad. If the Bible is the word of God, and that was in there, I could understand. But if this is just “tradition,” I don’t understand why tradition can’t be changed.

Again, I am not attacking Catholicism. It’s just sad to me to see a religion work so hard to gain and keep young people and then reject certain people due only to “tradition.” Especially since some traditions in the church have changed over the years, although perhaps there is a distinguishing line between “Sacred” tradition and “ordinary” tradition?

And okay, “reject” is the wrong word. It’s not like they excommunicated the boy. But you see what I mean.
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Hello Blessedbe,

I was really understanding you until you posted the above. Tradition is very important, just ask St Paul.

Also if the parents were better catechized they would of seen and taught the child the beauty of offering up his pain. We all have crosses to bare and just because the world tells us we should have everything we desire the truth is that is just not true.

I for example would love to have a big family but unfortunately I cannot carry a child to term. Now the world would tell me to try IVF because the odds are better that I would be able to have more children. But the Church tells me that this is wrong and that I would land up killing my children. I have chosen to instead of taking matters in my hands and telling God He messed up, that I will offer up my pain. This way I am working with God’s plan and not with the world’s.

Also I may be wrong but I thought that ingredients of the Eucharist come from the OT’s unleavened bread.
 
neophyte said:
They ate in the school cafeteria.
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That is great, and what happens if the kids dont like what is being served that day? Tough luck your kids dont eat?
Apparently that didn’t happen.
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That is good…since the child had such severe allergies!
Sure, it wasn’t convenient, but real life ain’t convenient. Whaddy’a going to do, look those poor parents in the eye and tell them that their kid’s life is worth less than your convenience? I’m just grateful that my kids don’t suffer from this.
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True real life is not convenient, but to tell parents what they can and can not feed their kids?
To ban all outside food? Sorry that sounds really drastic…how do these kids survive in the real world when their allergies are not catered to?
 
wifeandmomoftwo said:
That is great, and what happens if the kids dont like what is being served that day? Tough luck your kids dont eat?
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I distinctly remembering not liking school food too much - but I still ate it. There was no risk of me dying from not having my sensitive taste buds coddled, and in the long run it was good for me to learn to be able to eat what was served me even if I thought it was swill.

And for sure when I was a kid, if I had had a schoolmate with this condition, I’d have had no problem with having such a restriction.
wifeandmomoftwo said:
To ban all outside food? Sorry that sounds really drastic…how do these kids survive in the real world when their allergies are not catered to?
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It was a matter of life and death - that’s pretty drastic.

They might die when they get out on their own - so let’s put 'em at risk now…hmmmm?..I don’t get it…
 
BlessedBe said:
The reactions I’ve seen on this board aren’t unexpected, although I have to say I’m disappointed in the number of people who genuinely don’t seem to think such cases exist.
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I agree with you. I fnd it very very sad and disappointing that when people here are presented with something that is a genuine challenge the what they believe they just try to deny it. Like the idea that no case exists when having another child will kill a woman, or a kid can be deathly allergic to wheat. It happens. Just because it’s rare, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist just because it challenges what you believe! Seriously, denying issues like this can get people really really really hurt, if not killed.

It reminds me too much of people who deny the existence on dinosaurs because it challenges their “young earth” theories, and have to deny facts.

At any rate, I believe this can exist. There are people allergic to sunlight, water, you name it. It can happen. The fact of this is beyond sad. In response to your issue, it is true. The church has said that in order for the sacrament to take place it has to be wheat flour and water, and the wine is to be fermented grapes. I don’t think it’s an issue of having mercy on the poor guy, I think it’s to do with the way the sacrament works. Hopefully he will be cured, but if not, his situation certainly can show the glory of god! He can inspire others, and show a faith and patience that would make most of us cringe with guilt! I am thinking of the 2 years I longed to recieve communion when I was trying to get into the RCIA program (I had already converted because of my study, but I had not gone through the offical program) and I had to wait. It was good, but it was bad too in that I wanted to bad to recieve Christ in the eucharist. Granted, I knew when my wait would end, and he doesn’t know if his ever will on earth, but he can be a true inspiration!
 
Corki said:
At the risk of going OT, this is very sad. I was recently involved in helping a school prepare summary documents for staff. In our district, self-medication and/or teacher administration are also prohibited but epi-pens and asthma inhalers were specifically exempted from the prohibition (with proper medical documentation, of course). Sometimes school districts do not seem to exhibit common sense. :confused:

I had a cousin who had to attend school in a medical setting school. I don’t know why those aren’t more prevalent. They are a much more social setting than home bound care and more cost effective too.
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I believe the OP said the kid can’t even use an epi-pen, the allergy is too severe. I have to agree with the poster you were responding to, and the few others who said the same thing; a child with only 7 foods he can eat, and just being in the same room with dozens, if not hundreds, of foods results in a 911 call and an ambulance ride, he needs to be taught in a home setting by public school teachers who can come to him.
 
THurifer2 said:
We quit jobs and moved to where the school existed. And believe me It was a HUGE sacrifice…but they are our children.
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I’d have to move to another country since we don’t do parochial schools.

In some provinces there are Catholic schools but they’re not linked to parishes, they’re publicly funded schools that have to follow gov’t curriculum in all but the religious part.
 
neophyte said:
I distinctly remembering not liking school food too much - but I still ate it. There was no risk of me dying from not having my sensitive taste buds coddled, and in the long run it was good for me to learn to be able to eat what was served me even if I thought it was swill.
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LOL!
Well good for you. But alas my kiddies wont eat the swill served at school, hence they would go hungry. But I guess that is ok :confused:
It was a matter of life and death - that’s pretty drastic.

They might die when they get out on their own - so let’s put 'em at risk now…hmmmm?..I don’t get it…
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No it was a simple question…how do they survive when the rest of the REAL world does not cater to them? Especially in the case of the OP who is allergic (deathly) to everything but 7 things?
 
Ray_Scheel said:
The peanut exposure was ruled out as a cause of death; the girl died of an asthma attack.

calgaryallergy.ca/News.htm
usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-06-peanut-girl_x.htm
stucknut.com/sports/index.php/topic,3178.15/imode.html
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The initial suspicion that lingering peanut allergens triggered an allergic reaction was wrong, Miron said. Instead, he blamed a sudden, severe asthma attack following physical activity with her boyfriend.
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“Nine hours passed between the time when the young man ate his two toasts and 3 a.m. when he kissed Christina,” Miron said in announcing his findings.
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“A recent study shows at the end of an hour, there is no allergen left in the saliva. It’s not very probable that peanut butter is implicated. Nine hours later, I don’t believe it and studies show the same thing.”
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Sorry but the peanut did not do it.
 
THurifer2 said:
Theres your answer. Where theres a will theres a way.
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It was never that important to me that the children go to Catholic schools, it was more important that they go to schools which suited their needs – hence at one point daughter was in a public school and son was in Catholic school. At another point all 3 were in a Catholic school and then all were in integrated schools (Anglican, United, Presbyterian) then public then Catholic then public. We were a military family so we moved a lot.
 
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