Just something to think about guys when bringing snacks on an airplane. I want to share something with you. My son is severely allergic to nuts. On our way to disney in Aug. of 2003 (he was 7 years old at the time) we had a stop over flight from boston on our way to Orlando. I think it might have been in phily. Anyway, my son pulled his food tray down during the flight. I told him to put it back up because they were not ready to come around with drinks or snacks yet. Within minutes of pulling down his tray, he began to have an allergic reaction. I was very confused at first because he hadn't eaten any thing to cause the reaction. He could not swallow because his throat was swelling. To make a long awful story short, I administered his Epipen and we had an emergency landing in Jacksonville where he was rushed to the local hospital, treated and released later that night. What had happened was, he somehow got walnut on his hands (confirmed by bloodtests) and touched his face. It had to have come from the tray on the plane. If the person sitting in the seat before him had a snack like a brownie with walnuts or something and the tray was never scrubbed afterwards, all my son had to do was touch the tray with traces of walnut on it & then touch his face. Now before we fly we notify the airline ahead of time. Before boarding, the airline will announce for us that there will be a child on board with a nut allergy and they ask the passengers to please not board the plane with snacks containing nuts. I'm not trying to freak people out
but rather just trying to inform. I'm also a pediatric nurse and you would not believe how many kids have nut allergies! Thanks for listening
) Also, I LOVE that precooked bacon, too.
