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Posted on 12/10/2007 12:06:40 PM PST by fanfan
Our son is allergic to a medication called ASPIRIN. Should he be banned from sports because some quack parent has rubbed Icy Hot all over his/her son’s elbow/knee/shoulder during a practice and then the IcyHot/aspirin has made its way into every baseball glove on the team because it doesn’t just medicate little Johnny?
I guess these people shouldn't take the bus, eh?
Mandatory lunch inspections?
What’s next? Banning Dodgeball or tag?
This is lunacy.
They’re already banning some of those games:
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=899ae368-02cf-4608-8d52-7bc96047f76c
If these products are so dangerous, they need to be banned completely. No peanuts or peanut butter, no egg products ever, etc. Then everyone can live a safe, miserable life.
Not long, I fear.
Banned from play?
No.
He should however play in a situation that is safe considering his circumstances.
Start a league for allergic children, if you wish, but don’t expect everyone else to change because of his condition.
Yah. Won't that be worth it. :-(
So what are the normal kids expected to do? Eat dirt?
Beef, chicken, cucumbers, cauliflower, and potatoes.
:-)
Until those are outlawed.......
WRONG. Medication should be taken by individuals and not distributed to others. Therefore, medication such as ICY HOT should not be administered or worn when the wearer will be in public. Why should my son take someone else’s medication? Why should my son pay for someone else’s pain? It’s medicine. Not food.
Some time ago, at home, my kid ingested a trace amount of peanut, on an apple, that was handled by someone who had handled peanuts. Within a couple of minutes, he started to turn blue/gray and was unable to breathe.
When the reaction started and he knew that his airway was closing up, he looked at me with wide eyes and choked out: "I don't want to die."
Thankfully, the epinephrene was fast acting, the e.m.t.s arrived quickly (less than ten minutes from 911 call), and his reaction was reversible(thank you, God).
There isn't a day that goes by that I don't pray for him when he leaves for school.
Again, thankfully, his school, school nurse, and friends, have been excellent and have worked with us in establishing a peanut free table and an emergency plan of action (just in case).
While I don't agree with the nanny state approach, I certainly understand the associated concerns.
Has anyone even attempted to explain how bringing a peanut or egg product onto campus is going to kill someone?
Wouldn't the stupid little allergic fart have to eat it or something?
See post number 52 in regard to my kid with a life-threatening peanut allergy.
My kid was frightened after he almost died after ingesting a trace amount of peanut product. Yeah...he has to ingest peanut product ( but some kids don't) in order to have a life-threatening reaction...
but he isn't a stupid little allergic fart, and/or a Momma's boy, either.
He has achieved the highest academic level in his class, has one of his middle school's fastest mile time (under 6:00 minutes), plays on a premier soccer team, loves paintball, likes to hunt, is a good shoot with bow and gun, and is a young conservative.
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I’m not aware of any children harmed during that eight years.
Repressed memory - quite common for traumatic incidents, like death in the lunchroom.
Now, such a policy would not be effective if the allergy is as severe as to be triggered by being breathed on by someone who had eaten the offending food (or by touching something they touched, like a door handle or water fountain faucet), but no policy would be. Aside from the fact that you cannot control what other children eat before school, consider the inevitable exposure to people in malls, airplanes, grocery stores, etc etc etc. Any measures would necessarily be more oppressive than even forcing schools to shutter all the windows in order to not threaten a child with sunlight allergies (rare, but such an allergy exists).
Life doesn’t come with guarantees.
When I was a kid growing up (in the 50s & 60s), we were too worried about things like polio and nuclear strikes to worry about imaginary ailments.
Plus, every adult smoked everywhere and kids played in the dirt like they were meant to do.
I think that has something to do with it.
“Life doesn’t come with guarantees.”
Yes, it does... two of them, in fact:
1. You WON’T get out of it alive; and
2. your soul will spend eternity somewhere, your choice.
Hey, eat the right amount of the right kind of dirt and your immune system gets boosted rather well!
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