Asthma Tragedy At School Reveals Flawed Board Policy, Ryan’s Law Proposed
I’ve been contemplating the issue of students self carrying asthma reliever puffers and the tragic death of Ryan Gibbons, age 12, from an asthma attack last year at a Thames Valley District School Board school in Straffordville, Ontario. Ryan’s mother, Sandra Gibbons, describes her son as comical, playful, compassionate, helpful, one who would always befriend […]
Judgments In Two States Total $875,000 For Misleading EpiPen Campaign
In May of 2012, I advised that a tv commercial launched by Mylan was misleading and dangerous. It was the Max’s Birthday Party campaign, which caused serious concern within the allergic community. The script read: Mom: So you’re excited for Max’s birthday party? It should be pretty awesome. Son: Yeah! Mom: Even with your […]
The Food Allergy Blogger Conference 2013
Earlier this month, I attended the first annual Food Allergy Blogger Conference, which was held in Las Vegas. Jenny Dare Mitchell Sprague and Homa Woodrum did an excellent job organizing the event, and their capability, professionalism, and gracious hosting were inspiring. I don’t have notes to share from sessions I attended at the conference, or […]
Allergy Alert: Up Front At The Market Restaurant
I went to Up Front restaurant in London, Ontario’s Covent Garden Market yesterday. Normally I don’t report on my day to day dining experiences, but this lunch was remarkable in a few ways. I called for a reservation, and both a male and female employee answered the phone. When they heard each other’s voices, they […]
An Extremely Helpful Study On In-Flight Emergencies and Deaths
I saw this article years ago, and I finally found it again. It’s an excellent study about in-flight emergencies which could be extremely helpful if you’re involved in advocacy to protect the safety of allergic passengers on airplanes. I’m very interested in this topic as many of my readers know, I started a petition to […]
Trial Date Finally Set For Assault With Known Life-Threatening Allergen (Updated)
Finally a trial date has been set, over one year after Mr. Alex Montreuil was attacked at Jewish General Hospital by having his known life-threatening allergen thrown in his face causing a severe allergic reaction. Evelyn Samantha Donis will stand trial for using a weapon in assaulting a person contrary to section 267(a) of the […]
Present Moment Awareness As A Way To Lay Down The Allergy Burden
By Doug Pinto Father and Co-Founder Don’t Go Nuts I wanted to write and share a father’s perspective to your wonderful community as a way of being supported in my personal search for meaning, in living with a severely allergic daughter. I thank you for the opportunity to be heard by so many who may understand […]
Raising A Confident Child With Food Allergies
I had the pleasure of listening to Laurie Harada, Executive Director of Anaphylaxis Canada, speak about raising a confident child with food allergies at the Pfizer EpiPen Blogger Summit in Toronto last month. Her comments about getting Dads more involved were very interesting to me, so I interviewed Laurie on the topic below. Elizabeth: At […]
No Justice One Full Year After Assault With Life-Threatening Allergen
It has been ONE YEAR since Alex Montreuil was assaulted by having his allergen thrown at his face requiring emergency medical care. His attacker, Evelyn Samantha Donis, has NOT YET been to Court to face the assault charge filed by the Crown Prosecutor against her or the warrant for her arrest that resulted from missing […]
Hello Everyone!
Hello Friends! Jacob speaking, the son of Elizabeth. This is my first formal post on any social network owned by my mom, so I am pretty excited! I have been following what my Mom has been doing for the four years she has been doing it, and I have to say it is pretty cool […]
