Nuts were now a dreaded, dangerous and life-threatening food.įast forward 10 years: on the 4th of July, my daughter was at a restaurant at Disneyland with one of her best friends when I received a phone call from her friend’s mother. This was my family’s very first experience with any sort of allergy, and it was life-changing for all of us. I immediately called 911, and she was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. ![]() I cannot adequately describe to you what it feels like, and the terror that fills every part of your being when you hear your child barely choke out the words, “I can’t breathe”, and to see her gasping for air. Denisa ate a chocolate Christmas ornament which was filled with a hazelnut paste. We learned this the hard way when she was four years old. Discovering that my daughter was allergic to tree nuts (she was 4) Even a trace could do the deed–it’s that severe. My daughter has a severe tree nut allergy,* meaning if she ingests any form of tree nuts, she will stop breathing (anaphylaxis) and die. my daughter in 2001, a few months before her first anaphylactic reaction to tree nuts This post about pink peppercorns could very well save many lives maybe even the life of someone you know. The information about this hidden allergen is extremely important to share among the nut allergic community and I continually thank the Amazon reviewer who solved a mystery for us. ![]() I’m so thankful for an Amazon reviewer for solving the mystery for us. Pink peppercorns seemed like an innocuous ingredient until they almost killed my daughter.
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