By reading most of the posts out there I can see that MOST of you people just DON'T GET IT DO YOU? The fact is that most of you are so ignorant when it comes to medical facts that it's useless to even try to educate you because you DON'T WANT TO KNOW the facts. You keep REPEATING the same old song and dance even when you are advised of a medical fact. You keep telling us to bring our benadryl and epi pen or we are stupid. The fact is that you are the one who is unknowledgeable regarding allergy facts, not us. For some people, their allergy is mild, and the benadryl will help, but for some, the allergy is life threatening and severe and NO BENADRYL OR EPI PEN IS GOING TO HELP!!!!! , even if they take it before the flight and on the flight. Some people may not know the benadryl won't help until it is too late. Also, keeping MEOW MEOW in a cage under the seat does no good. It is the dander that flies around the ENTIRE cabin, no matter where you sit you will be exposed. Why is it so hard for you people to understand a basic fact? I have recently been exposed by an outside family member who just acquired a cat. I stay out of her house, but places she has been which I frequent are polluted with dander and I cannot get away from it. It got on my clothes and it's now in my house and my car. I have been taking so much Benadryl I am drugged out. I m constantly getting hives and rash and beet red rash from my chest up and trouble swallowing because my throat swells. The Benadryl is not working. I also get cat dander in my allergy treatment, (shots, drops). I cannot visit my family members now or have them visit me. I have been to ER a couple times. I have had to quit jobs because of dander on people's clothes. I have been hauled out of work to ER departments because of impending anaphylactic reaction. I don't think SW personnel are a bunch of idiots. I think they are unaware and unnowledgeable regarding the seriousness of allergies. The problem CANNOT BE FIXED BY TAKING BENADRYL OR AN EPIPEN in many people. Sometimes benadryl makes it worse, like a person who has high blood pressure or arrhythmias. Benadryl can make these conditions worse. There will be no solution to the problem until someone has an anaphylactic reaction EVEN THOUGH THEY TOOK BENADRYL, and they will sue the airlines. Only then will people wake up to being more knowledgeable about allergies. Come on, it's not just SW. Wake up to the fact that even many people who run Medicare and insurance companies who make the rules don't have a medical background. They are running hospitals and telling doctors what to do when they don't have a medical background. Why can't the airlines have a secluded small section for 5 cats and their owners which is enclosed and sealed off from the rest of the cabin? After they get sued a few times, they will think of something. I hope the pilot doesn't all of a sudden acquire a severe cat allergy, while in flight. For you repeaters, BENADRYL OR EPI-PEN IS NOT ALWAYS A SOLUTION.
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