Oh Howler, I totally love your allergists' black humor! I think I've mentioned it several times here before, but fwiw, I'll mention it again. My all-time favorite (not!) moment in advocating at school was when we backed our school's 504 coordinator into saying, out loud "Yes, we can provide your child with a 504 if she's dead." Totally clueless, didn't even realize what she'd said. Background leading up to that moment, she was denying our child a 504 or any type of acknowledged accommodation that would have avoided having dd exposed to a specific allergen in her classroom that she is IgE allergic to because she hadn't *yet* had an anaphylactic reaction to it (because she'd successfully avoided exposure). For anyone reading who hasn't had experience with anaphylaxis, it's multiple system reaction to an allergen which can result in cardiac arrest, inability to breathe, and potentially death.
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