The Grandmother Who Knew Better
We have told her a thousand times. We have printed out lists. We have shown her the EpiPen. My son has a deadly, severe Peanut Allergy. But my Mother-in-Law has always rolled her eyes. She calls us "helicopter parents" and insists that "allergies are fake" inventions of the modern pharmaceutical industry. She claims we are making him weak. I never thought her ignorance would turn malicious.
We were visiting for the weekend. I was in the other room when I heard my 4-year-old son say, "Thank you, Grandma." I walked into the kitchen to see him finishing a cookie. I asked her what kind it was. She smiled and said, "Just a butter cookie." Two minutes later, he started clawing at his throat. His lips turned blue. He went into full anaphylaxis right on her kitchen floor.
"As I stabbed my son's leg with the EpiPen, she just stood there muttering, 'He's just acting out.'"
The ambulance arrived in six minutes, but it felt like six years. We are currently sitting in the ICU waiting for the swelling in his airways to go down. The doctors say he is lucky to be alive.
But the horror didn't end there. When my husband confronted her, she didn't cry or apologize. She doubled down. She admitted she gave him a peanut butter cookie on purpose to "test" him and prove us wrong. My husband is still defending her, saying "she didn't mean it." I am done. I have called a lawyer. I am filing for divorce, and I am filing a Restraining Order against the woman who tried to murder my son to win an argument.
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