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My allergist said the food allergen cells? stay in your system about 5 days, so it's possible that she might have been exposed several times in the 5 days which would increase the reaction.

I know I used to be able to eat corn bread but then if I ate balogna(corn syrup whic usually doesn't bother me) within the next few days I'd have a reaction.

Now I can't space it out like that.

It's been about 20 years since I've eaten oatmeal, popcorn or bananas so if I happen to accidently eat some I might survive it the first time. When I serve such to family I do try not to touch it nor be around it.

If you have an allergy, it's just your body confusing a harmless substance for a deadly germ and the body reacts the way it does to kill the "deadly germ".

I've heard within the next 5 years they'll have a "vaccine" out that will really be a series of shots to help those with deadly food allergies such as peanuts, etc.

Corn syrup is really such a curse on our society. It's in everything. I've been trying to weed it out, and feel better when I do, for years. I understand the corn bread/corn syrup, but oatmeal (from scratch or pre-packaged?), bananas and popcorn (again home made or pre-pack?)? That's a new one to me.

I have a lot of allergies. The usual - dust, cats, mold, pollens of all sorts. The wierd one is Mountain Dew. And after many years of sleuthing and a particularly bad hive outbreak in college, we have determined that it is the erythorbic acid in Mt Dew, and worsened by the citrus with it. Also found in most cold cuts, which I actively avoid, the 'pink' ones being the worst. I do love ham and turkey, but try to limit. Also as a preservative for some frozen fruits. (My sister doesn't have this.) And of course the antibiotic Erythromycin. It was a combination of lots of orange and grapefruit juice with the antibiotic that led to the giant hive outbreak in college. A few years after that one of the woman's magazines ran one of those 'don't combine these foods with these meds' articles. Don't combine Erythromycin with citrus, 2-3 hours before & after taking pill. The tiniest amount of Mt Dew causes immediate, small amounts of hives, generally controlled by benadryl. My first outbreak was after my 3rd birthday party! Sometimes sausage or bologna causes a milder, smaller reaction, a small hive or 2. I always avoid citrus when I do have ham, mmmm, ham...

And, I just remembered, my sister also developed an allergy to oak pollen around the same time as the fruit allergy, probably related. I will be sharing this info with her. And you have a good point, she's in New England and probably did enjoy the apples for several days. She sometimes picks apples in Vermont in the autumn.

I've heard within the next 5 years they'll have a "vaccine" out that will really be a series of shots to help those with deadly food allergies such as peanuts, etc.

I think I've heard about that, too. That would be a godsend for so many of us!