As an elementary school student, I was aware I had nut allergies, but never thought they would be fatal.  I thought it wasn’t ever going to be a major reaction, just swollen lips.  It was one day my parents insisted I ate breakfast.  “It's just a small bar, eat it”.  They kept trying to force me to eat it.  I said, “Stop trying to force it down my throat, I'm not hungry right now, I’ll eat it later”.  “I don’t know when later is, so you are going to eat it now.” my parents said.  I ended up eating the “kind”  bar, but 5 minutes later I wasn’t feeling good.  Why is my whole mouth itchy? My throat kinda hurts when I swallow now. I thought to myself.  I said to my parents, “Did you guys check the ingredients?”.  “I thought mom would have checked them”, my dad replied.  We check the box and see **Contains Pecans**.  My heart dropped,  “I'm screwed” I said.  We had to inject an epi pen and rush me to the hospital.  I wake up in the ER, hours have passed.  “What happened?”  After we left, my parents told me from now on I will always ask about the ingredients.  I agreed, they agreed. I made sure I never ate at “kind” bar again.