Using an Epi-Pen isn’t exactly major surgery! I’m sure the boy knows how to use it. If he can — then the teachers sure should have enough brains to learn how to use it, too.
Also — doesn’t the school have a nurse?
The school is smart to keep this kid out of the school because the next step will be his mother demanding that peanut butter be banned lest some kid have to administer artificial respiration to him and inadvertantly kill him after eating peanuts.
It's ridiculous to pretend the kid's circumstance is normal and that all harm can be avoided IF other people simply change their behavior, get educated, and avoid eating peanut butter sandwiches.
I have entirely too many of my own allergies and health concerns to go around worrying about the folks with nut allergies anyway. My focus is on banning wheat, barley and rye, and strictly limiting the preparation of white kidney bean extracts ~ and hold the peach skin fuzz while you're at it.
I was wondering about the same thing.
Why does this seem to be such an insurmountable problem?
It would seem to be an easy task for a nurse.
Better than banning peanuts for everyone else.
I’m shocked but I’m with school on this one. The mother went out of her way to tell them they may have to administer the EpiPen. In this ligitegous society the school should be paranoid that the kid:
1. Might get something with nuts and sue them
2. Might have an attack and sue them
If the child dies, the mother seems to be covering all her bases ... stacking the onus onto the school. But the kid’s problem is not the school’s, not the other kids or nurses.