Poor kid. I can see having a peanut-free lunch table and banning peanut products from her homeroom. Beyond that, quite apart from the inconvenience to everyone else, she needs to learn to live in a world where there are peanuts. Her future workplace won’t make every employee gargle after lunch.
Aren’t there therapies that can lessen severe allergies by exposing patients to microscopic amounts of the substance over time? While she still wouldn’t be able to eat a peanut, I think there are treatments that could get her to where a stray particle wouldn’t kill her. Anyone know?
Yes, there are clinical trials being run at various medical centers in the country. IIRC, Mt. Sinai in NYC is one of them.
Apparently, they have been reasonably successful. Not all cases all the time, but it is something the parents should be checking out.
In the meantime, do the kid a favor and homeschool her.