15-Year-Old Has Fatal Allergic Reaction To Peanuts: Megyn Kelly Roundtable | Megyn Kelly TODAY
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- Alexi Stafford, a Florida teenager with a severe peanut allergy, died after she consumed a Chips Ahoy cookie with peanuts in it, mistaking the packaging for another one of the brand’s products. Amy Holmes of PBS' “In Principle,” NBC's Stephanie Gosk and New York Times reporter Megan Twohey joins Megyn Kelly to discuss the tragedy and how Alexi’s mother is spreading awareness with hopes this mistake doesn’t happen again.
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15-Year-Old Has Fatal Allergic Reaction To Peanuts: Megyn Kelly Roundtable | Megyn Kelly TODAY
One of my first pediatric deaths as a paramedic was a 9 year old girl who was severely allergic to nuts including coconuts. Her mother went to get a box cake mix at family dollar but accidentally grabbed a German chocolate cake mix and regular vanilla icing. She noticed her mistake, but assumed only German chocolate icing had coconut; unfortunately she didn’t look at the ingredients. We arrived on scene within four minutes of the call, and approximately 10 min following ingestion of the cake. Her mom carried 2 epipens in her purse that had been sitting in a hot car. The heat damaged the injector mechanism on one of the pens making it unusable, and caused the degradation of the epinephrine in the other epipen making it far less effective. By the time we got to her, she was in cardiac arrest. She had massive inflammation and hives that covered about 90% of her body. Intubation was impossible because her epiglottis and larynx were swollen shut, but I managed to get an airway using a quicktrach device and successfully resuscitated her. She arrested twice on the way to the life flight helipad, and several times in flight. Unfortunately, due to a few other underlying conditions she passed away a few hours later.
A series of unfortunate events 😢
I’m trying to figure out why the mom kept dancing on thin ice with the German this and that. If there’s anything in a certain brand my child can’t eat I’m not even taking a chance with something similar. That’s an automatic check. This is so sad and horrifying.
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It’s very odd she didn’t have a EpiPen with her.
If I was a Parent of a Child who was allergic to peanuts my child would have an EpiPen wherever he/she goes.
Then the martian talked to the alien on Venus and they both played tag.
Not to be harsh but reading is essential. I have allergies and I do not assume. I read everything to make sure that I am ok. They said she knew how to be safe but the number 1 way to be safe is to read and be 100% sure.
Why would you give your child two epipens and not take them to the hospital. 90 minutes?
Or call 911 while giving the epi
becuase in the US, People need to pay for care and 911 bill too
@@AvadaKedavra943 The US health system sucks. UK National Health Service for the win.
*I think it's pretty well labeled*
She should have read the package AND carry her EPI pen at all times...THAT should be the warning...not blaming the Company who clearly labelled it...understandably upsetting though
@Rata 4U in the UK my epi-pens cost 8.75 a year. It's wrong how expensnive they are over in North American continent.
I carry mine everywhere . I can breathe the particles , but I feel very sick if I consume . Don’t think I would die but would need to taken to hospital
Exactly.
@@benblankenship4648 ur allergic to peanuts?
The package was very well labeled. I think the mom frustration is caused by the pain of losing her. 😔 she worked so many years to keep her daughter safe and in hours she was gone.
It was open and didnt notice
Very well labeled is extremely generous. If it was open, there is no way for them to tell other then reading the ingredients, which is what should have happened but mistakes do happen. Having a small Reeses label at the top right which can be covered if its open is not "very well" labeled.
Very tragic. Was she taken to the hospital? They never said. Id hate to think she was given 2 epipen shots and no one called the ambulance. That couldve made the difference.
You need to tell everyone if you have such big allergy, it's so important!! And never assume that a bag of cookies is okay to eat even though you told them about it. I am so sorry for this poor girl but at 15 you need to be responsible for yourself, you can never be sure with these things. It sucks that she didn't check the bag and that the parents of her friends weren't safe about what to serve the kids
Like megan said i never grew up hearing about people being allergic to x y or z but somehow... things changed
I wouldn’t expect chips a hoy to have peanuts. I don’t blame her
@@Zee-ob1pe It was a reeses special
I think if you have a life threatening allergy like this you never ever buy processed foods - EVER.
You don't eat out - EVER.
You just can't be sure there aren't traces, and why play Russian roulette with your life ?
If her mom had taken her to the ER as the EpiPen instructs, "seek medical attention", her daughter would be alive.
As tragic as this is, it is not the companies fault. Anyone with a food allergy has to read every package and ask questions in restaurants. I feel terrible for her parents loss but you cannot blame the company.
So we blame the company because some one assume something. So no one takes personal responsibility any more. It’s every one fault but you own. She was way old enough to read. If the package was open. The label was still on the bottom. Red packaging don’t mean safe. Nutter butter packaging is red too. It’s common sense. Check and we in doubt eat something else.
Why didn't she go to the hospital asap.... like two epi pens won't save you...she needed an emergency room not just two epi pens.
It literally says reese's on the package. Just read the package
Also, as a nanny/babysitter and teacher I have always been hyper aware of kids and allergies. My church lost a child to an allergic reaction very similar to this a few years ago and we have been even more vigilant when interacting with children wether it be at camp or in class to have their allergies come first. Parents need to be more vocal and let people know as well though, it goes both ways. I know that with all the families I work with I have made sure to ask as well as had parents tell me on their own so you can never be too safe/informed when it comes to allergies!
One of my friends shared with me that one of his friends had a peanut allergy. His friend died on her birthday after eating something with peanuts or peanut oil at a restaurant during her birthday party. The birthday woman spoke to the restaurant workers to request that the meals be made free of peanuts or peanut oil. I don't think I would eat anything outside my home if I had such a severe allergy.
It's kinda her own fault though..I'm deathly allergic to strawberries and I've been scanning ingredients on packages since I was 7...
I read a little over the comments. Will someone please share with me how this is treated once the victim reaches the hospital. Is there stronger medication given or is there something inserted to keep the airway from closing? Just wondering how this is treated. Sounds like it can be so severe sometimes that it can’t be treated.
If companies adhered to all the different allergies that exist they would end up with bells, whistles, flashing lights, dna tests and a genie that popped out.
I have nut allergies. I am 40 and carry my Epi pen everywhere.
My allergy isn’t someone else’s responsibility it’s mine and up to me to over see things.
Yes, your allergy is yours, but sometimes if I make cookies or brownies, I state they have nuts, cause I happen to like baked goods & ice cream with nuts, & have no allergies
I carry mine everywhere too
This was clearly a case of not being educated enough on her allergy. Both for alexi and her parents. As soon as she had symptoms she immediately should have been taken to a hospital. Not gone home to get an epi pen!! So sad and heartbreaking to see preventable deaths like this.
true😫
Not really.
You should always have an Epi Pen with you and read labels.
Response time of an Ambulance won’t be good enough because she would die before the Ambulance arrives.
@@robertdeffenbaugh9004 yes, have an epi pen WITH YOU. I'm talking about this particular case, she didn't have one with her and shouldn't have gone home for the EpiPen, but instead should've gone directly to the hospital. Ideally she would've had the EpiPen with her, administered it and then gone to the hospital.
Its very important to introduce your baby to peanut butter, strawberry etc for this type of reason.
If you have a severe allergy, or you are trying to watch your weight: only eat the foods that YOU make by scratch. Stop eating prepared foods. Especially during a pandemic. Don't eat fast food where employees don't have health insurance or sick days off.
these comments are absolutely heartbreaking, alexi was my friend and she was always so cautious about what she ate. regardless of what happened shes gone, blaming people who cared about her dearly doesnt help. alexi we miss you every single day
Lmao her mom essentially killed her and now wants to blame the company. Epipens wear off and both should have been educated
I have the same condition 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
After administration of an epipen.. 911 NEEDS to be dialed! Very simple. Thats your child’s life! So sad.
Rest in Peace beautiful Angel❤️
I am so sorry for u all loss
God bless you all
Big hugs hugs hugs
🙏🙏🙏😪😪😪💔💔💔
It takes many many epinephrine ampoules IV to counteract acute anaphylaxis. Almost lost a guy who got stung once by a bee. His throat had swollen so much, an anesthesiologist had to intubate him. I am wondering if she had even received hospital treatment? Didn’t get the info once again.
I have some problems with certain I I ingredients. It's impossible to avoid in products like snack food and these ingredients from eating out. Can be more certain if you make your own cookies and eat at home. Lucky my situation isnt death or hospitalization
I'm sorry that was on the girl and the mother.
Myyounger cousin is allergic to almost all foods including nuts, dairy, seafood, soy, fruits, vegetables, etc. and can’t eat anything without checking ingredients or none at all. If you have an allergy and eating away, always check before eating anything.
MY personal opinion is if such allergies are so dangerous then people with them should cook their own food at home using bio food products, and get extra funding from the their health insurance or from government sources to pay the excess costs.IT will save them costs of highly expensive medicine to rectify any illness caused from eating the wrong cheap products on the market.
Most of these allergies occur because mothers do not eat any nuts during pregnancy. When we start avoiding all these foods then kids will be more inclined to have these deadly reactions.
TJ Michael that’s an incorrect statement. Am allergic to all tree nuts, a bunch of vegetables, wheat, seafood etc etc trust me my mother is a health nut and has always consumed nuts and all kinds of veggies, it has nothing to do with that and more to do with your body’s ability to process the things you are allergic to. Allergies reset every 7 years in the human body, they can become less dangerous or more. It’s a scientific fact.
My question is if this girl knew she was extremely allergic to peanut butter than she had to have tasted it before so I would think that it wouldn't take multiple bites to tell but at the same time I do know people have reactions just being close to the things there allergic too. For some reason I don't picture the friends parents being around when she ate these cookies because I think that they had to have known that she was allergic to them but then again I would think that the parents would talk to any adult about her allergies and what to do and send an epi pen with her. When one of my friends who is diabetic came over, her parents told my family what to do and luckily my mom is a nurse and she knows how to treat patients and knows what they can and can't have. I'm sorry for there loss, it just takes one mess up or accident to change people's lives forever
Interesting though I come from a country where there is peanut snack everywhere. And we have one of the lowest peanuts allergy cases .
If peanut allergy was treated like COVID
you would be forced to desensitize regardless of the risk.....
This is so sad. I mean just think this beautiful girl is no longer with us because of a peanut allergy. Her life was robbed from her and it's so disturbing. I want everyone to appreciate their life and value it everyday and those around you because some people have really terrible things happen to them like this.
It was an accidental mistake my boy has severe allergies and we DO NOT leave the house without it people don't realize allergies are life threatening poor family broke my heart we are all human and it's just so sad it happened:(
Thank you for the heads up about allergies. TG my kids have been spared but it's good to know in case friends are affected. Also, loved your spot about jomo...lately, I've felt way too pressured & connected. I decided not to answer texts & phone immediately. My hubby got really annoyed & started yelling. THATS when I knew I was on the right track. For me, it's jomo...100%
One time I was at school at lunch a mans I was sitting with my friend who has a nut allergy and I was sitting with her all week and the whole week I was eating a Nutella sandwich and on day I asked her if she want half of it and she got really mad at me because I didn’t know she had a nut allergy and i asked her if she wanted it and I didn’t know
Epinephrine / Epi Pens aren’t supposed to be a substitute for getting medical attention after a reaction. If you go into anaphylaxis use your pen, call emergency services _(or have someone drive you to ER if you have good reason to believe you’ll get there quicker than an ambulance will get to you)_ - and use your second pen if youre breathing/state isn’t low risk if you aren’t getting medical attention quickly enough
My eldest daughter developed a peanut allergy in her 30's, I recently had a severe reaction to cashews and I am 63. What is going on?!
READ THE LABELS 🙄🙄🙄
These kids should carry their own snacks in a back pack
The packaging was clearly labeled, they went above and beyond by putting it on all sides, not just in the ingredients list like some others do, it's not the companies fault, it doesn't matter if the packaging was open no one puts the ingredients list inside of the packaging. It's not up to other families to be responsible for that she should have read the ingredients list just a sad mistake, if packaging is confusing for a child they shouldn't eat it unless parents buy it or pack your kids their own snacks everywhere they go
Megyn's logic is so off. So her friend shouldn't have even had the peanut butter cookies at her own house?
Danielle Thomas my thoughts too -- this wasn't anyone's fault by the girl with the allergy. You can't expect everyone you know not to eat something because of your allergy. Megyn is ridiculous.
Some of the comments here are really callous.
If anyone with a food allergy came over to my house for lunch or dinner, I have a separate stash of goodies just for them and them alone.
And wait, was she at her friends house when she consumed that cookie? Why didn't she have an epi pen on her? Why didn't her friends be more observant?
Anyway, RIP Alex Stafford.
Just a head's up: Amazon offers food allergy tests at a reasonable price. Probably a good idea to test yourself every 10 years or so since food allergies can happen randomly over time.
I’m 15 and I have a nut allergy and this breaks my hart. She would be 20 years old now if she was still alive. People are saying how she should of read the package and made sure. My parents always tell me to double check food before eating it. But sometimes people especially kids/ teens make mistakes. And this hurts my hart. Rip
totally true...
When I was 12 to 15 years old, I was allergic to bee stings and sometimes I didn't take it so seriously, when I really should have taken it seriously.
Fortunately, I overcame that allergy, but if I had been more careful, I wouldn't have had any bad times.
This is her own fault. Sorry to be so harsh and blunt and I'm very sorry for the family's loss. However, she knows her allergy and should be extremely diligent about checking if her allergy was this serious. My 4 year old daughter has an extreme dairy allergy (thankfully not fatal however still serious) and I literally check everything she eats even if she's eaten it before. I tell everyone we know not to feed my daughter anything unless I check labels or ingredients and my daughter knows not to eat anything unless she asks mommy or daddy first and she is very good at that. Chips Ahoy clearly labeled this product. This is awful but she should've checked. Also, peanut butter has a strong smell -- how did she not smell it?? She should've had her EpiPen on her and she should've had someone call 911 immediately. Prayers for the family. Very sad but preventable.
You know, you could clearly see the "PEANUTS" on the picture of the cookies.
Don't be mad at the company it's not their fault the packaging was not looked at before the cookie was eaten
Just saying
I have a very bad cashew allergy and carry an epi pen, but my school never said don't pack cashews, even after I've had allergic reactions at school and the smell can make me start to feel sick. Another friend has such a bad dairy allergy, that when someone just spilled some of their milk on his skin, it puffed up bad and he had to go to the hospital. I feel like schools should treat allergies similarly, cause it always seems to be peanuts, but other allergies can be just as bad if not worse, but also, where would banning food stop then?
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I went to the E.R today 😞 after school lunchtime! I didn’t eat anything, as I know how to avoid reactions. I pack my lunch, but even a small amount of peanut dust, oil, and any small amount. My principal thinks that a sign is going to fix everything, but I’m not stupid! I don’t sit with people who have peanuts, or any kind of nut. The thing is they don’t even keep the sign there during the other grades lunch times, so a kid could sit there eating a pbj sandwich 🥪 and then the janitor will “clean” the tables by a quick swoop over them with one cloth that has been used on all the other tables. People just don’t understand how serious it is! You can’t clean a table with peanut shmear on it, and then go and clean the “peanut free table” with the same cloth and expect me to be fine! Ughhhhh 😑 and then they blame it on me because “I haven’t been putting the sign on my table”. Wtf?!? How is my allergy my fault?!?! They just don’t get it!!!
Why don’t we ban food all together your statement is ridiculous just be responsible at the end of the day its your life and lets be honest a lot of people don’t care if it happened to you or anyone else.
It is not society’s job to protect you. It is not my job, the schools job, my kids job. Learn about your own illness and protect yourself!!!
Almost every food someone is allergic to. People still need to eat. If your allergy is that bad ask for a separate room to eat.
Life is short when people have allergic reaction.
I’m allergic to peanuts too but not severely allergic to the point where I need an epipen, I learned since I was little the smell of peanuts, I can detect peanuts in almost everything. All the people in my family can’t smell the peanut in the soups they make but I can detect the distinct smell.
How has a soup peanutss
90 mins?
As someone with a peanut allergy (thankfully not life threatening and can usually be solved with some Benadryl) she should have paid closer attention. The labeling is shown to be on the side. Plus cookies are notorious for containing peanuts due to cross contamination
😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😢dètyy
What exactly is in peanuts that most bodies hate so much??
It’s not the peanuts 🥜 it’s the body immune system reacting to the peanut ( as false alarm )
So sorry 😭❤️
Why was 911 not called immediately?
Sounds like they were not called at all
They are going to sue the crap out of Chips Ahoy.
She needed to be vigilant about food ingredients.
Im so sorry that poor girl and family my heart goes out to them. But listen to this, one day at my job I made some cookies we girls usually brought something in usually on fridays. Some of the men in the shop who never brought anything were always the first to grab them. One of those guys came in upset and asked what are in these cookies cause I can't have nuts. Like how dare I do such a thing to make them with nuts. Some did and some didnt. No one was aware of this allergy except for him. This was in front of all 5 of us girls and then he threw the cookie at me across the room and it hit me in the face and then took off. He did it so fast I couldn't even duck. You should have seen the look on the other girls faces. I didn't report it but guess what I made sure after that there was nuts in all the cookies i made after that. All he had to do was come to me in a nice way then I would have told him which ones were not with nuts. He never brought anything in. He was a senior tech and made more then me. He already had a rep of being a whiner in the shop too.
Yankee Poodle What a jerk! I am so sorry you had to experience something like that, especially when you were being so kind and generous to make them and bring them in the first place.
Yankee Poodle so you made him cookies and then he assaulted you for bringing something he didn't like? Report to H.R. immediately.
What did he think you were an effin mind reader??? He's an adult he could've and should've asked. That's on him!! I agree with Vintage Rose you were so kind to bring them into work in the first place!! What a jerk! SMH
Wow what an immature jerk. It’s no one’s job to avoid his allergy except himself.
I have a nut allergy and I’m VERY VERY careful when their is something with chocolate or other stuff like that
My kid’s school doesn’t have any policy disallowing the bringing in of peanut butter.
Guy it happens to make a mistake I have-the highest level nut allergy even with epi pens you still can die I’ve come close to dying by accidentally eating peanuts before it
DON’T BLAME THE CHILD OR PARENTS
So wait, I have to buy cookies with other kids in mind ??? I have allergies and I’m very careful and always ask.. also, carry your epi pen... also, her mother should of taken her to the hospital, like the pen clearly states
Awful, I wonder if she has siblings so her mom be still a grandma.
Sad
This story should be taught to ALL packaging students in college. Easy to create a more prominent difference in packaging.
Read the label.
How could this parent blame "chips ahoy??" Read the ingredients all the time!
Why did her mother purchase a package with peanuts butter cookies without telling her daughter.
very sad
This is devastating. I feel so deeply sorry for this family. If she didn’t have Epipen access immediately, as well as Benedryl on hand to take, dire anaphylaxis can be close to immediate. Yes, food packaging needs to have special glaring FDA allergy warning symbols, especially peanut allergies.
Thank you, Megan.
Also, it’s crucial for the public to understand that pet dander can also cause severe anaphylaxis in certain children and/or adults. It’s crucial for the public to understand when the general public keeps insisting on bringing their pets into restaurants, venues, on planes with them, etc. without taking into consideration the life & death consequences involved for those highly-allergic who have to share those public spaces. Ever since the crackdown law of not leaving your pet in a hot car, there has been a spike in pets coming into food places and spikes in anaphylaxis at these venues.
I allergic to peanuts
Sad 4 the girl that did look at labels the companies have it written on the back the ingredients in them. And reeses on it. I have worked in a places where there try to promote nut free zones but there will be a peanut shell dropped right next to the nut free zone or parents have asked did anyone have peanuts at this table but unless you can see someone at a table eating peanuts can not say one way or another. All i can say maybe just disinfect the table in case.
Am rose I went to the E.R today 😞 after school lunchtime! I didn’t eat anything, as I know how to avoid reactions. I pack my lunch, but even a small amount of peanut dust, oil, and any small amount. My principal thinks that a sign is going to fix everything, but I’m not stupid! I don’t sit with people who have peanuts, or any kind of nut. The thing is they don’t even keep the sign there during the other grades lunch times, so a kid could sit there eating a pbj sandwich 🥪 and then the janitor will “clean” the tables by a quick swoop over them with one cloth that has been used on all the other tables. People just don’t understand how serious it is! You can’t clean a table with peanut shmear on it, and then go and clean the “peanut free table” with the same cloth and expect me to be fine! Ughhhhh 😑 and then they blame it on me because “I haven’t been putting the sign on my table”. Wtf?!? How is my allergy my fault?!?! They just don’t get it!!!
How sad I know how it feels to have a nut allergies you've got to keep on top of it you've got to read all of the labels fore you eat I just wish the writing on the labels would be bigger and that the allergy ingredients would be on the top first cause it's scary to go thru anaphylactic shock
i work for a huge company and they only have nut coffee, its places like this that concern me.
Why were there Reese’s peanut butter cookies in the household? If I had a child with deadly allergies I wouldn’t allow any foods linked to that product.
I'm sorry to hear what happened
I have severe food allergies to all the top 8 but soy and wheat including peanuts I have been hospitalized for peanut reaction before
She was never taken to the hospital?????
People with severe allergies need to have controlled microdosing at a hospital clinic. The allergy will still exist, but the severity lessens. It's done where medical intervention is right at hand.
How terrible. So sad. :-(
I don't want to take a blame-the-victim position but this is why I read EVERY label VERY carefully. My allergy isn't fatal but if I eat certain things I risk suffering from a painful cytokine storm for days.
Hello, I would like to silence those comments saying that she wasn't careful with her allergies because that is bogus. She was a friend of mine who voiced her allergy many times and was super careful. She wouldn't even step foot into a place that had any peanut ingredient used in their menu or would kindly as the workers to change their gloves. Also, she knew how dangerous her allergies were and carried an epi-pen everywhere. It wouldn't hurt Chips Ahoy to change their packaging color if it contains peanuts just to prevent others from committing the same mistake.
Lmao her mom essentially killed her and now wants to blame the company. Epipens wear off so she should have been hospitalized. Both should have been educated
God, I hate corporate America, especially the food industry, but this is not Nabisco's fault.
she couldn’t smell the peanut butter, this does not make sense.
Anyone remember howard from bing bang theory.....😂
Eating over friend's house. Letting her guard down. Being lazy on reading labels= death.
should not blame others.
asyraf who is others??
I'm sorry, 15 should be old enough to read. If the allergy was this severe why not carry the epi pens EVERYWHERE? And to not tell ppl who are giving you food. I'm genuinely curious. Rip
Is this why Megyn's staff brings her peanuts every day?
Lol killed bye a 🥜
I can't have turkey
It's easy to say it can happen I'm allergic to milk eggs peanuts tree nuts pineapple kiwi fish shellfish wasps and bees I accidentally ate butterscotch that I miss read the label it was made on the same equipment as peanuts and tree nuts it's easy to do so don't judge unless you have severe food allergies
HOWWWW DID SHE MIISS THE OBVIOUS SIGNS 🤔 LABELS EVERYWHERE. it's so sad, but I mean it was written everywhere...
Honestly starting to really like megyn
JUST TELL YOUR KIDS TO CALL 911!! CAREFULLY READ EPIPEN INSTRUCTIONS: THEY STATE CALL 911-EPIPEN IS NOT A PANACEA!!
Only eat peanuts that are grown above ground Valencia Kirkland and introduce peanuts into your child's diet at early age in small tiny amounts
Shut the f up
any of you guys watch this while eating peanut butter to flex?
Weird flex but ok
I am intolerant to peanuts my skin reacts to it but blood doesn't i reacted to reese's pieces when i was 7 my lip swelled a little bit