So sad

This post on the Food Allergy Mama blog about the death of a seven year old girl makes me so sad.  Apparently, there are a lot of questions about the circumstances and what was done to help her when she had a reaction at school, whether or not medication was given to her, etc.  

But it is so, so sad that her family is now grieving for their little girl when her death could have been prevented by an adrenaline shot. 

I am so thankful that Luke's food allergies are not (or have not been in the past) severe ones.  And the fact is that we homeschool for reasons other than food allergy safety.  But I sure am glad that we are homeschooling and that I don't have to rely on someone else everyday to care for him in an emergency.  Someone who may be distracted by two dozen other children in the classroom.  Someone who may not be familiar with the reaction of an allergic child.  Someone who doesn't love my son as much as I do.

As I mentioned last night when I posted (not having heard this story yet), I am praying that our trip to the allergist soon will put us on the path to helping his body tolerate the allergens, especially cow's milk.  And praying we'll never need to use his Epi-pen.