7 yr old girl died at school in VA on 1/2/12

[socks on a rooster]

http://www.wtvr.com/news/wtvr-chesterfield-student-death-20120103,0,4150762.story?track=rss

Note:  There were 2 topics on this subject, one in Main and one in Schools, which have been merged into one topic. ~Rebekah

[GingerPye]

oh wow.   

[momma2boys]

 

[joanna5]

What a horrific tragedy.  My  heart and prayers go out to her family and to everyone involved.

[hedgehog]

A few things really caught my attention:

At the beginning of this school year, the mother said she tried to give the clinical aid an Epipen for emergencies, but she was declined and told to keep it at home.

“At 2:30 they called my wife and said somebody needed to pick Ammaria up because her tongue was swelling. My wife told them to call 911.”

It sounds like the school really dropped the ball on more than one count. 

[eggallergymom]

This is just so sad. This never should have happened to this little girl.
 And yes, it sounds like the staff at the school really screwed up, if what the mom said in the TV interview is accurate. How could they reject an Epi-pen? I did find a medication form on the district's website that includes references to Epi-pens, and in the comments section of one version of this story, a parent of another child in this district says her child's school holds several Epis for kids.

Also very troubling is the part of the mother's interview where she says that one version of events is that someone "made" her child eat peanut. Ugh. Hopefully more information about the exposure and the school's reaction to it will come out soon.

[joshsmom]

I hope I post this right. My sister just called to tell me. So sad!

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2012/jan/04/1/tdmain01-food-allergy-fatal-to-7-year-old-ar-1585306/?referer=http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftimesdispatch.com%2Far%2F1585306%2F&h=nAQHMXAPJAQHQSv5r8x44ISOdA6A8Pwe5UieqdJPfQBosdg&shorturl=http://bit.ly/w4MSn0

[rebekahc]

I'm glad you raised this on the main board so more people will see.  Here's a link to the thread in Schools about this.

7 yr old girl died at school in VA on 1/2/12

So sad! 

[TabiCat]

All I could think when I saw the news was not AGAIN !!!

 

[PurpleCat]

I know there is more to come out about this story, but........that little light.............I'm so sad and horrified at what her family is going through.

[Macabre]

I've written our Sped Dir, telling him he may share any part of DS' 504 with that Sped Dir that might be helpful. That county is about two hours away from us.

This is just heart wrenching.

[Mfamom]

so sad, very upsetting to read. 

[CMdeux]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/04/health/virginia-allergy-death/?hpt=hp_t3


from this one comes what I'd like to nominate for "most disheartening FA quote of the year" too:

Acebal said that while many facts aren't yet known, she was surprised that a student could die a sudden death from an allergic reaction in a school.




Really hoping that she was grossly misquoted there.  Seriously-- "surprised?"  What-- by the fact that anaphylaxis can actually KILL someone in a few minutes??  REALLY?  Or surprised that anaphylaxis could possibly take place at school?

Either way, not a good sound-bite from the head of FAAN.

[Arkadia]

Also very troubling is the part of the mother's interview where she says that one version of events is that someone "made" her child eat peanut. Ugh.

In kindergarten, another girl forced my son to eat a peanut butter filled keebler sandwich cracker. He came close to dying. No one epi'ed him, they sent him to the bathroom vomiting alone, and then parked him in the office for nearly an hour. They called me and told me he had stomach flu. They insisted he hadn't eaten anything unusual. I found the cracker in his lunch pack later with a small bite taken out of it. Ten kids, two teachers.

Not an apology to be found. They expelled him later without warning as "too great a liability". Private school. But tax exempt and I coulda woulda shoulda blown their cover as a tax exempt facility violating on the basis of a recognized disability.

[hedgehog]

I hope that was taken out of context, as in that it is surprising, in general, to the general public.  And then it was turned around to say she was surprised.