Allergy results
Allergic to:
* peanuts
* pistachios
Mildly allergic to:
* sesame seeds
* cashews
* almonds
The big question is how we deal with it. A lot of people with severe (deadly) nut allergies only eat very controlled food — food they’ve created themselves, frankly. Eating out and eating prepared foods from the grocery always carry a risk of cross-contamination (was the chicken finger fried in the same oil as something with nuts?), nuts are everywhere (sesame seed buns, unknown pastries), and lots of things contains nuts and nut oils that you don’t know about (e.g. Asian/Mexican food). Some people can’t touch nuts externally, some people can’t even be in the room with peanut dust. And some people claim that the reaction gets worse with each exposure.
However, Morgan hasn’t shown a severe reaction to anything other than actual ingestion of peanuts, has had plenty of external exposure to nuts, and has not exercised any caution whatsoever about what to eat.
So, we’ll probably have to consult with specialists and learn more about the risks and decide which we’re all willing to bear. Meanwhile, probably no more Five Guys and no unknown pastries from Starbucks, but we probably won’t stop going to frequent haunts such as Sine and George’s until we become more convinced that living in a bubble really is prudent.