Food poisoning question

[disneyandme]

I accidentially left the sandwich I made for DD9 out last night and, not knowing any better, she packed it in her lunch- with an ice pack- and ate it for lunch. Now I am anxiously waiting to see if she gets sick. It was just bread and 2 pieces of American cheese. It's been about 7-71/2 hrs since she ate it. She did eat a regular dinner. How long should I remain nervous? I'm already beating myself up for being a bad mom.

 

[disneynuts777]

If the cheese was really off she would have been sick by now.

 

[DJFan88]

I was worrying more before I knew it was just cheese. I mean, you know how long pizza is good out on the counter. College kids eat that the next day! I don't think cheese spoils as fast as meat.

 

[JerseyMamaBear]

She should be okay by now. I have doen stuff like that before and never had a problem

 

[Ariel on Land]

I agree- had there been meat involved, I might be a little more concerned, but American cheese probably won't do much harm at all.

 

[letsgoagainsoon]

I think she'll be fine.

 

[dansamy]

Relax. She's gonna be fine. She'd have had symptoms by now.

 

[seashoreCM]

I accidentially left the sandwich I made for DD9 out last night and, not knowing any better, she packed it in her lunch- with an ice pack- and ate it for lunch. Now I am anxiously waiting to see if she gets sick. It was just bread and 2 pieces of American cheese. It's been about 7-71/2 hrs since she ate it. She did eat a regular dinner. How long should I remain nervous? I'm already beating myself up for being a bad mom.

I would say you should be nervous for 24 hours. It would take an MD degree to understand why so I won't include any semblence of that explanation here. Instead I would say it is luck whether DD comes down with food poisining.

Health hints: http://www.cockam.com/health.htm

 

[seashoreCM]

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[disneyandme]

She is eating lunch now and we are close to the 24 hr mark. So far, so good. Thanks.

 

[Matt'nMeg'sMom]

I accidentially left the sandwich I made for DD9 out last night and, not knowing any better, she packed it in her lunch- with an ice pack- and ate it for lunch. Now I am anxiously waiting to see if she gets sick. It was just bread and 2 pieces of American cheese. It's been about 7-71/2 hrs since she ate it. She did eat a regular dinner. How long should I remain nervous? I'm already beating myself up for being a bad mom.

She will be totally fine. This is a non-issue. Don't beat yourself up!

 

[SLK1]

She should be fine. Cheese is pretty rugged, right? Here's my bad mom story(and it's also related to cheese!): I packed my DD7 lunch one day - crackers and Colby Jack cheese - and another teacher luckily pointed out to her that the corners of her cheese squares were black...MOLD!!! Didn't I feel like an awesome mom that day????!!!!!