[IndianaSigKap]

A few years ago, I had a student who was one of those highly allergic kids. She had an epi pen in her purse and two in the nurses office. She passed a kid in the hallway eating peanut butter and crackers, she barely made it to the nurse's office on time. She was in my class for three of her four years in high school and I always went to the epi pen training even though I have used one before. I wanted her to be comfortable with me using on her, if it came to that. She was very aware of her allergy and went out of her way to avoid peanuts. I always made sure it was included in my sub plans and she was very good about making sure people in her classes knew that foods like peanut M&Ms and Reese's cups were triggers for her.

As a teacher it was scary to know the possibility for her to go anaphylactic existed, I cannot even imagine what it would be like for a parent.