"madams53" <madams53@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>
> "Dale Hicks" <dgh1138@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:MPG.222eccf6c3be9b099899d5@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> In article <M48xj.5084$pM4.3494@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, dcg_brian@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> says...
>>>
>>> There was no way she was faking and I saw no evidence that she fasted
on
>>> purpose. She needed more than slop for her condition. In fact, on
>>> Saturday
>>> night near the end of the night before they had to go back on slop,
she
>>> was
>>> in one of the bedrooms with Alli and a few other people and Alli said
to
>>> her
>>> (paraphrasing) "Amanda, they (the hospital) told you have to eat
food."
>>> It
>>> was also mentioned that Amanda would be given food in the DR.
>>
>> Hmmm... The only thing that seemed odd was the fact that the
>> treatment for low blood sugar is .. well, sugar. That's what they
>> fed her when she was out, and everything I've read said that candies
>> or fruits should be used for it. So her insistence that brown or
>> white-sugar infused slop or sugar water wouldn't work is odd.
>>
>> But it's good to hear they're treating it seriously.
>>
>>> Not sure who
>>> said this but I never did hear anyone complain or say that it was BS.
>>> Also,
>>> they gave Amanda a glucose testing kit (they showed Alex pricking her
>>> last
>>> night and helping her out) so if she was faking she's fooled medical
>>> people
>>> as well.
>>
>> So that was the "finger" thing that Allie said was so cute? I really
>> didn't know what to look for.
>>
>>> Concerning Alli's allergic reaction, the way they edited it on TV made
>>> no
>>> sense and didn't match up with what they've been saying in the house.
>>> Did
>>> they not capture her trying the slop on camera? Watching on TV made it
>>> seem
>>> like it took awhile for the reaction to set in and there was no
>>> indication
>>> given that slop was even involved.
>>
>> The slop was just a (educated) guess. Allie said that allergies
>> typically happen 30 minutes later, and that it fit the timing on the
>> slop plus it was a foreign factor for her.
>>
>> But I don't think it's a complete lock, maybe there was something
>> outside that got her?
>
>
> I don't know how long after the veto competion her reaction happened,
but
> it seems very possible to me that it was caused by the peanuts in the
> competion. I read that someone said Alli ate a peanut, but that would
not
> even be necessary. Some people who have a peanut allegy can't even be
near
> someone who has eaten peanut butter. So rolling around in peanuts could
> have been the cause.
> --
> madamS
That possibility has been discounted. Alli has said she buys peanuts all
the
time when she goes to Fenway and she's been eating peanut butter in the
house. Slop has a lot of ingredients in it and that is what they are
focusing on. She sees the doctor again on Friday so I'm guessing we'll
find
out either then or early next week what caused her reaction.
When she had her reaction I was impressed that she was level headed enough
to say she needed an EpiPen right away. That thought never would have
crossed my mind. I was also impressed she didn't waste time asking for
help
from the others but went straight to the DR for help. Working in the
pharmaceutical industry definitely more helped her in that situation.
Brian
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