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Mezzo:
http://kstp.com/news/minnesota-teen-dassel-cokato-high-school-student-fights-for-life-after-peanut-allergy-reaction/4606295/

GoingNuts:
 :'(

my3guys:
I just saw this.  :-[Prayers for the family that he recovers.

gvmom:
I read in one story that he had eaten a cookie that had peanuts. 

While I understand that sometimes people don't know how the person ended up ingesting their allergen, if they do know, I really wish they'd put more complete information.

This young man was old enough to read labels and to know about eating foods that could be cross contaminated.  How he managed to eat a cookie with peanuts would be of interest to me.... especially if what this means is there is some product that is mislabeled on a store shelf somewhere that needs to be recalled before someone else ends up having a reaction. 

It is so incredibly sad. 

edited to add: I found the article:

http://www.crowrivermedia.com/independentreview/news/dassel-cokato-teen-fighting-for-his-life/article_fc4be8d7-2ed1-52a5-b9b8-591ed534daa6.html

Macabre:
Our NBC affiliate ran a story yesterday in which they interviews Jacob's mom. I just want to drive across town and hug her.

http://www.kare11.com/mobile/article/news/mn-teen-fights-for-life-after-peanut-allergy-reaction/89-477399391


--- Quote ---"It's just a waiting game. Hoping for a miracle here too," Halverson said.

Bonni says her son Jacob McDonald has always been allergic to peanuts and has always been careful.

"So careful. He reads labels. I read. We don't have anything in our house. Just so careful. So it's just really hard," she said.

But Saturday night at a friend's house Bonni says he ate a cookie -- that contained a peanut -- and he came home an hour later and began vomiting.

"We got him an EpiPen, got him right to the hospital. And then it immediately impacted his lungs while we were at the hospital, and the lungs not working put him into cardiac arrest," Halverson said.

Because there was a lack of oxygen, she says they're now testing brain activity and hoping for good news.
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