TM, no he does not carry an epi pen. Never had allergies that we knew of until this summer. When he snuck food on vacation I tried to explain to him it could kill him. I explained what it means when you swell and how it can affect your breathing. I also explained that if it happened at night time, husband and I wouldn't realize it and we'd wake up to him gone. I've tried to make it sink in with him, but nothing does. He is only 7, but he is my most difficult difficult child. If it were one of my other two difficult children, they would have said, no thank you, I can't eat that. In fact, my oldest difficult child asked me today if he could eat orange jello in the cafeteria. LOL
I told husband it was going to be a long night for me because I'd be up checking on difficult child.