YC and peanut allergy

[knitdiva]

Just booked YC on Divina for February 2017. DS12 is allergic to peanuts. We have been on other cruise lines, some had us fill out forms to fac ahead of times others required a meeting with the maître d' on day 1. Does anyone know who I should speak with at Msc and/or YC?

TY

[FireEater]

Best to call corporate and have it added in special notes then when on ship, notify the restaurant on first night at the desk, then your waiter. With 3 notifications, am sure the ball will not drop.

[knitdiva]

Thank you FireEater. I will fill out the special needs form that Msc has on the website, tell the TA to make a note on the reservation and then make sure the Maître D knows about the allergy. Even with all the precautions, I will still come equipped with epipens as always. Those things live in my purse and also in my son's pocket.

[KSWind]

On the European Fantasia class ships they have quite a wide variety of nuts served in the Top Sail Lounge. I am almost certain there were peanuts there as well. I would think the Divina would have them too.

[knitdiva]

KSwind, thanks for letting me know. My son is old enough to stay away from the peanuts he can identify. Now I'm worried about cross contamination. I will make sure the peanuts are kept away from the rest of the food. We have never had an "accident" and we have travelled quite a bit. Would like to keep it that way

[ljandgb]

I'm watching this thread. We'll be on Splendida this July. My dd is allergic to pecans and walnuts, though fortunately has only had localized reactions. Thankfully her anaphylactic PN allergy is controlled after her desensitization - which makes travel sooo much easier. That said, we keep our epi-pens with us just in case.

Edited November 16, 2016 by ljandgb

[knitdiva]

Ljandgb, may I ask where your DD had her desensitization? Around here it is not widely available yet.

[easyboy]

My grandson also has peanut allergies. We talk with the Maitre D' or Headwaiter upon boarding to discuss the situation. He is given the following day's menu appropriate to his condition for his choosing.

[ljandgb]

http://www.dallasallergy.net

 

It's not widely available here either. :( They're 3.5 hrs from us, but it was the best thing we ever did. Makes life so much easier, so much less stress. She was contact anaphylactic.

 

FWIW, our allergist at a top children's hospital in Houston told us we shouldn't do it, since it wasn't mainstream yet. He has never had to live in fear of a kid with a snickers bar running up to his dd, or debating if summer camp kitchen staff really do "get it." Dd did it 7 years ago, and is doing great on a maintenance dose of 2 tsp PB daily. She is supposed to eventually be able to stop, but even if she stays on that forever I figure it's no different than any other daily med.

[knitdiva]

Thank you ljandgb!

Sorry for the delay in answering.

Desensitization 7 years ago! Wow.

The allergy specialist is worried about by son's asthma acting up too much so he is not keen on having him try the desensitization. I'm gonna keep asking!

[ljandgb]

No problem. We got some serious "don't do it" from our original allergist, like I said. I spoke at length with the doctors in Dallas, and felt comfortable enough proceeding. Dd does not have asthma, which did put her a less risk. She had 2 reactions to her dosing, both when she'd been outside all weekend on super high pollen days and she had open sores in her mouth from her braces. She also developed a mild pecan/walnut allergy during the desensitization. She gets a tingly mouth but nothing else so far, the few times she didn't ask enough questions about her food. She's 14 and mostly self manages now.

 

If you aren't near Dallas, you can call them and find out if anyone is near you. At the time there were only 3-4 places in the country doing it. Surely there are more now.

 

We're not sailing until July. Pleae post your experiences when you return.

Edited November 26, 2016 by ljandgb

[Vacationdreamer<><]

Fascinating thread. I've never heard of desensitization for PN allergies.

 

DS 16 has many allergies. DCL and NCL did an amazing job for us. This is The first thread I am reading in my "food allergy MSC" search. I hope we have the same fabulous experience with MSC. We are booked on Seaside for January 2018.

 

 

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