Oh boy....
EF staffer who noted DD's nut allergies and egg allergy with a cheery "Oh, THAT's easy... it's not like it's a GLUTEN restriction...."
Ummmm.... Okay. Look. I get what you're saying. I do. I've
lived with a wheat allergic child. I understand.
BUT. I also think that I have a pretty darned good set of reasons for not being very glib about this being "easy." Your statement is a kissing cousin to "doesn't she just know what she can't eat," for crying out loud. If it WERE that easy, we wouldn't have more than ONE anaphylaxis experience to draw from...
You just REALLY freaked me out with that statement, and made me
soooooooooooooo, sooooooooooo glad that: a) the teacher running the show here helped to WRITE my DD's 504 plan years ago and has been on the team ever since, and b)
I am coming with my DD to help run reconnaisance/interference as needed.
<breathes deeply, muttering self-soothing statements>
Because-- okay-- frankly, a lot of people who
say they have gluten restrictions.... DON'T. Not really. (Which, um, yeah-- different set of circumstances, certainly, but that makes things even harder on those who really DO... anyway.) It's a dietary
preference for a lot of people now, and if they screw up, nobody's the wiser on any side of things. This-- not so much. This is a
real allergy. The kind that we'll be carrying a dozen autoinjectors for.
"Contact the airlines for special meal arrangements..."
Um... okay. Again with the lack of understanding...
we won't be eating ANYTHING served by an airline. NO way, no how. Canned or bottled beverages, yes.
At least they are
super-cooperative, which is more than most people are. That's a definitely mark in their favor. HOWEVER... they are pretty green, I can see that.
Trailblazer. Again. I think that we're going to want a physician's letter documenting medications-- and verifing the need for "that many" autoinjectors. Might want to even go to the trouble of having our allergist detail an emergency treatment plan of some kind. Just in case.