Teen’s sudden death from peanut allergy leads to dramatic family decision

A household successful Wisconsin is mourning the nonaccomplishment of their teenage girl aft she died from an allergic reaction — but they person recovered immoderate comfortableness successful the lives her donated organs person saved.

Hannah Glass, 19, who was a freshman astatine Maranatha Baptist University, had lived with a terrible peanut allergy since she was a toddler.

After unknowingly taking a wound of a brownie made from peanut flour, she experienced an allergic absorption that yet led to irreversible encephalon harm and death.

The teen’s parents, David and Janean Glass, joined Fox News Digital connected camera to sermon their tragic nonaccomplishment and to stock a cautionary connection for different families.

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The household archetypal learned of Hannah Glass’ allergy erstwhile she was 3 years old, erstwhile the kid took a wound of a peanut food cooky and instantly threw up and broke retired successful a rash.

A household successful Wisconsin is mourning the nonaccomplishment of their teenage girl aft she died from an allergic absorption — but they person recovered immoderate comfortableness successful the lives her donated organs person saved. (Glass family)

"That’s erstwhile we knew that we had a superior allergy connected our hands," David Glass said.

All her life, she was cautious to debar peanut butter and carried an EpiPen.

When a assemblage person gave Hannah Glass the brownie, she ne'er suspected it was made with peanut flour. After the archetypal bite, she knew thing was wrong. Her pharynx did not adjacent up arsenic it had successful the past, but she instantly threw up and broke retired successful a rash. 

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The teen called her parents to fto them cognize what had happened. By the clip they arrived astatine her dorm, she had taken allergy medicine and seemed to beryllium feeling better, but past things took a turn.

"She abruptly said, ‘I can't breathe. I'm hurting everywhere,’" said David Glass. 

About an hr aft the absorption began, the Glass girl mislaid consciousness and her parents called 911.

Hannah Glass, 19, was a freshman astatine Maranatha Baptist University, wherever she was studying English education. (Glass family)

"Everything that took spot from that infinitesimal connected was our burden, heartache and grief," David Glass said.

Paramedics tried to revive the teen, not realizing until they reached the infirmary that her close lung had collapsed, starring to a deficiency of oxygen to the brain.

"If we could assistance different household debar feeling this level of pain, we knew we had to bash it."

"Unfortunately, it was excessively overmuch clip with not capable oxygen," said David Glass. "At that point, the encephalon was importantly damaged."

"Although we were hoping and praying and doctors were working and crying close alongside us, the events of that nighttime were unchangeable."

Lives saved done tragedy

Faced with the achy world of Hannah’s death, the Glasses began to person discussions astir donating their steadfast daughter’s organs.

"If we could assistance different household debar feeling this level of pain, we knew we had to bash it," David Glass told Fox News Digital. 

Hannah Glass, pictured arsenic a babe and arsenic a young girl, was the oldest of 4 siblings. "Hannah was precise determined and dedicated to her future," her parent told Fox News Digital.  (Glass family)

"Keeping her assemblage would successful immoderate ways beryllium selfish, due to the fact that that assemblage could beryllium utilized to prevention different people's lives. That was a sacrifice we were precise blessed to make, adjacent though it wounded similar crazy."

The time aft Hannah’s death, the household was notified that the donated organs had saved 4 lives.

"During the organ donation process, we besides agreed that Hannah’s tissues could beryllium utilized to assistance others successful a full myriad of different ways that we are not adjacent alert of," David Glass added.

‘Humbling’ experience

Shortly aft the teen's death, the infirmary held an "honor walk" connected Nov. 17, wherever friends, household and members of the assemblage were invited to enactment the halls arsenic she was transported done the infirmary with her parents and siblings.

Nearly 300 radical showed up for the procession.

"She was conscionable astonishing and a tremendous blessing, and I americium truthful arrogant to beryllium capable to telephone her my daughter."

"It was highly humbling," Janeane Glass told Fox News Digital. "I had a hard clip looking astatine people, but the outpouring of emotion and enactment was incredible."

Afterward, everyone gathered to sing the teen's favourite hymns and Christmas songs.

"The grounds of people's emotion and God's love for america was heard passim the full hospital," Janeane Glass said.

The infirmary printed an representation of Hannah Glass' heartbeat for the household to keep, which is held successful Hannah's and her brother's hands. (Glass family)

The Glasses shared their heavy emotion and pridefulness for their daughter.

"Hannah was precise determined and dedicated to her future," her parent told Fox News Digital. 

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"She was precise autarkic and had a enactment personality. From a precise young age, each she could deliberation of was going to college."

Hannah Glass had saved capable wealth to screen her full assemblage tuition. She was majoring successful English education and planned to go a teacher.

Her biggest passion, however, was helping others, her parents said.

One of Hannah Glass' brothers holds her manus successful the ICU. After her death, astir 300 radical showed up for an "honor walk" astatine the hospital. (Glass family)

"One of the main things we’ve heard from the kids connected field was however overmuch she cared astir them," Janeane Glass said. 

"She conscionable had a bosom to service others — and to service her Lord. She was conscionable astonishing and a tremendous blessing, and I americium truthful arrogant to beryllium capable to telephone her my daughter."

Hannah Glass' ceremonial was held connected Nov. 20. "She had a bosom to service others — and to service her Lord," her parent told Fox News Digital. (Glass family)

David Glass shared that the family's religion successful God has "given america hope."

"It's the anticipation that determination is much to surviving than conscionable being alive, that we person a psyche and the accidental to unrecorded everlastingly with God."

‘Take it seriously’

To different families who whitethorn person a nutrient allergy, the Glasses connection the connection to "take it seriously."

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"Get it tested, and don't hold for it to reoccur," David Glass urged. "Get the EpiPen and beryllium prepared."

To different families who whitethorn person a nutrient allergy, the Glasses connection the connection to "take it seriously." "Get it tested, and don't hold for it to reoccur," David Glass urged. "Get the EpiPen and beryllium prepared." (Glass family)

It’s besides important to beryllium cautious and alert of nutrient ingredients, they added, particularly erstwhile it’s thing without a label.

"It's a scary world, due to the fact that what astir radical devour arsenic a dainty oregon a healthy snack could beryllium similar poison to the idiosyncratic sitting adjacent to them," David Glass said.

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"Although you can't unrecorded perpetually successful fear, the idiosyncratic oregon the parents request to beryllium hyper-aware that astatine immoderate point, they volition apt brushwood this allergy — and it could beryllium serious."