The brilliant Mycroft, from Oxford, who was the inspiration for my soon to be written story The Mycroft Protocol, sent me a heartbreaking story after reading my posts about Peanut Allergy.Teenager with peanut allergy dies after a kiss
Updated Sat. Nov. 26 2005 4:53 PM ET
A Quebec teenager with a peanut allergy has died after kissing her boyfriend who had eaten a peanut butter sandwich hours earlier. Full story here.
This puts the whole peanut issue sharply into perspective. I've been thinking a lot about it recently since hearing from Jeff Smith from Nopeanutsplease.
1 comment:
Hi Rolski,
This site (www.allerg.qc.ca/peanutallergy.htm)
suggests that the unfortunate death of the Quebec teen was actually not from a peanut allergy as first reported.
Quote from the site:
On May 11th, 2006, Dr Miron held a press conference where he concluded that Christina Desforges did not die as a result of an allergic reaction to peanut, but from cerebral anoxia due to an acute asthmatic attack.
Sad nonetheless but I did recall this story in passing during my hours of research.
Good luck with the writers block!!
J.
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