DD (7 y.o.) has multiple allergies and is supposed to have 2x epipens, piriton and ventolin inhaler nearby at all times. At school they keep all of this on site for her, so just for out of school she needs to carry this around. I'm not always with her, she spends time at a childminder, or is often at friends houses, or out with her dad etc.
Frequently we find we've left the epipens at home, or in the wrong bag, wrong car, or whatever, and so we haven't got these things when we need them. So far we've had at least 3 emergency dashes to a pharmacy to buy more piriton while out. Today things reached a whole new level of carelessness, and DD ended up being taken by ambulance to hospital after a nut exposure, from a pharmacy where she'd been taken for the latest emergency piriton purchase. She's fine now, luckily avoided anaphylaxis (luckily it was just hazlenut this time, which is about her least allergic nut type, had it been peanuts we'd have had a much bigger problem)
So I conclude she needs to carry these things herself, I think she's big enough now for the responsibility, and I think that would be more simple and reliable than our current approach which is for whichever adult is with her to remember to get them out the drawer and take them along. I think to hang a bag on the back of the front door, so it's right there in view as she leaves the house, to reduce the chance of forgetting them, would be a good idea.
So, finally, my main question - is what type of bag/holder/pouch or whatever do you think would be best for her to carry? I think it will have to be something small, light and comfortable to carry that doesn't mark her out too much (I think it can be a bit of a stigma sometimes to be the allergic kid, at school she's segregated at lunch times, something the school won't compromise on). Also she's a bit of a girly girl so I don't think a belt hoop type of pouch would work for her, the sort of clothes she likes don't tend to have belt hoops.
Wow, that was long, thanks if you're still reading...
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Allergies and intolerances
Anaphylaxis - how best to carry epipens?
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Disappearing · 01/12/2012 23:43
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