Joe Wright, the mayor, has a peanut allergy and consumed the house salad that had the peanut culprits. After he ate the salad, his dinner companion, Mike Shaver, said:
“We were talking, and I looked over at him, and his lower lip was swelling to the size of a Polish sausage,” Shaver said. “I guess my face gave it away because he said, ‘Yeah, I think I need to leave.’”
The mayor was taken to the hospital and got very sick after arriving. Thankfully the mayor is now fine and was expected to be back at work by late this week.
You can read the story here.
I found this story interesting because the restaurant says that the salad he ordered had peanuts listed as the first ingredient, yet he still ordered it. Based on the article, it sounds like he knew he had a peanut allergy. It just shows how vigilant the PA must be even when they are the mayor of a town!
2 comments:
Wow- that is amazing that he wasn't more careful.
I just posted about an interesting article: Is There a Cure for Peanut Allergies?
Maybe he didn't read the menu carefully? I'm shocked at how often I can miss really obvious stuff like that when I'm tired or distracted.
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