>> EVERY DAY A LITTLE KID WOULD
CHASE ME AROUND THE PLAYGROUND
SAYING I AM GOING TO BRING
IN YOUR FACE.
>> Anchor: TONIGHT HEAR ABOUT
THE CHILDREN THAT LIVE LIFE WE
FOOD ALLERGIES.
>> Anchor: IF YOU HAVE A
CHILD WITH A FOOD ALLERGY, YOU
KNOW HOW SERIOUS AND LIFE
THREATENING IT CAN BE.
NEVER ENDS THE WORRIES.
>> Anchor: AT THE SAME TIME
MANY CASES WHERE OTHER KIDS,
DIFFICULT FOR THEM.
>> WHAT HAS CHANGED AND WHAT
STILL NEEDS TO CHANGE?
KAREN DREW HAS PERSPECTIVE FROM
LOCAL CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS.
>> Reporter: MEET FRANKIE SHE
NUTS.
>> IT IS LIFE THREATENING.
>> Reporter: BENNY IS 14.
LIKE MANY WITH ALLERGIES HE
ALWAYS HAS HIS EPI PEN NEARBY.
>> SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK
ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
>> Reporter: HE IS ALLERGIC TO
PEANUTS, TREE NUTS, SOY, AND
LEGUMES.
ALEXIA 19, COLLEGE STUDENT IS
ALLERGIC TO MANY THINGS.
>> I THINK PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE
YOUR LIFE.
>> Reporter: THREE KIDS AND
DIFFERENT ALLERGIES AND
DIFFERENT AGES AND ALL AGREED TO
SHARE THEIR STORY TO MAKE IT
EASIER FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
OF CHILDREN.
>> I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT IS
LIKE IT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT BUT
IT IS DEFINITELY LIKE SOMETHING
DAY.
LIKE ANY OTHER LIMITATION THAT
PEOPLE HAVE.
FORM.
>> Reporter: UNFORTUNATELY
THEIR LIMITATIONS SOMETIMES
RESULT IN BULLYING.
BENNY RECALLS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
HE WAS IN KINDERGARTEN.
>> EVERY DAY A LITTLE KID WOULD
CHASE ME AROUND THE PLAYGROUND
SAYING I WILL BRING PEANUT
YOUR FACE.
STOP ARE.
>> LAST YEAR I HAD ACTUALLY VERY
CLOSE FRIENDS OF MINE, COME AND
SCHOOL.
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT I WILL MAKE
IT NUT FREE BECAUSE THESE WANT
TO BRING PEANUTS TO SCHOOL WHAT
ALL THREE WANT IS AWARENESS AND
RESPECT FOR A LIFE THREATENING
DAY.
RESTAURANTS.
LIKE FOR ME, AT LEAST, THAT
CAUSED A LOT OF ANXIETY.
YOU DO NOT SEE WHERE YOUR
CHICKEN IS GRILLED.
OR SEE WHE VEGETABLES ARE
SITTING NEXT TO ON THE COUNTER
OR WHERE THE KNIFE WAS USED
BEFORE.
>> Reporter: SHE HAS TO TRUST
THE WAIT STAFF TO INFORM THE
AND MAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS.
>> I HAVE HAD INCIDENTS WHERE
PEOPLE WILL BE LIKE DOES SHE
REALLY HAVE TO TELL THESE
PEOPLE.
IT IS LIKE AN EXTRA THING.
LIFE THREATENING.
SITUATIONS.
PARTIES WHERE ALLERGIES SEEM TO
TAKE CENTER STAGE OR OSTRACIZE
THEM.
>> THERE IS A TREAT THERE AND
YOU CANNOT HAVE IT.
YOU DID NOT BRING ANYTHING.
IT IS HARD TO WATCH EVERYONE
ELSE HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT AND
YOU CAN'T.
>> IF SOMEONE SAID TRY MY MEAL.
OR I CANNOT EAT OFF THE SAME
FORK BECAUSE IF THEY HAD HAD
SOMETHING IN THEIR MOUTH I
CANNOT HAVE.
IT IS SO SEVERE IT COULD TRIGGER
SOMETHING.
>> TRULY LIFE THREATENING AND
CAN END YOUR LIFE OR REALLY HURT
YOU BADLY.
SO IT IS DEFINITELY NOTHING TO
TAKE LIGHTLY.
>> Reporter: ALEXIA HAD A
>> IT WAS REALLY SCARY.
>> Reporter: SHE THOUGHT THAT
SHE OUT GREW THE ALLERGY TO
ALMOND BUTTER SO I HAD A LITTLE
PIECE AND WITHIN 30 SECONDS WE
WERE STANDING IN THE KITCHEN OF
MY APARTMENT AND I TURNED TO MY
SOS E CLOSING.
GET ME THE EPI PEN.
>> Reporter: SHE WAS OKAY.
BUT A LESSON NEVER TO LET YOUR
GUARD DOWN AND ALWAYS BE
PREPARED.
LOCAL 4 IS DEDICATING TOMORROW
ALLERGIES.
AND AT 4:00 HOW FAMILIES
OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF
TRAVELING WITH FOOD ALLERGIES.
DR. MCGEORGE.
>> THANK YOU KAREN.
PROGRESS IS BEING MADE IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST FOOD ALLERGIES AND
5:00 WE WILL SHOW YOU NEW
RESEARCH THAT COULD MAKE LIFE
EASIER FOR SOME PEOPLE LIVING
HANK?
>> THANK YOU DOCTOR MCGEORGE.
AT 6:00 WE GO INSIDE OF THE
KITCHEN TO SHOW YOU HOW
RESTAURANTS ARE BETTER PREPARED
TO DEAL WITH FOOD ALLERGIES.
YOU WILL MEET THE LOCAL MOM THAT
KAREN?
>> THANK YOU HANK.
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