American woman appealed to all parents after she lost her daughter because of a piece of biscuit
'18.07.2018'
Source: New York Post
A resident of Florida warns other parents about how dangerous food allergies can be after her teenage daughter died as a result of a sharp reaction to the cookies that the girl ate at her friend's party.
Kelly Travers-Stafford, of Weston, said she was still in shock over how a peanut allergy killed her 15-year-old daughter Alexi almost instantly. The woman wrote about her trouble on Facebook and on the GoFundMe page. The girl was visiting a friend on June 25, and there she made, according to her mother, “a fatal choice,” writes New York Post.
In the house of friends there was an open pack of Chips Ahoy cookies, from the packaging of which a corner was torn off - so it looked like those that were allowed for a girl. She ate a single cookie, thinking the treat was safe ... By the time it was revealed that peanuts had been added to the cookie, it was too late. The girl felt a tingling sensation in her mouth and went home, where her condition began to deteriorate rapidly.
The family gave two emergency injections of EpiPen - a syringe pen with epinephrine, which should quickly relieve attacks of an allergic reaction, but Alexi stopped breathing - anaphylactic shock occurred. Just an hour and a half after the girl ate the cookies, she was gone.
“As a mother who diligently taught her what to eat and what not, I feel lost and angry because she knew about her peculiarities and was sure that the packages were similar, that the cookies were safe,” says the disconsolate mom.
Now the woman insists that manufacturers should make more expressive marks on food packaging - a tiny bright corner is not enough, she emphasizes. As a rule, no one puts noticeable warnings on the packaging about the possible fatal danger of the product, when it could cost human life.
