HOLY CRAP!!!!! Oh my gosh!!!!! How unbelievably scary for all of you! I too would have lost it and hunted down the "teachers"/people in charge and give them a VERY loud piece of my mind!!
I may be small but I'm mighty and VERY scary when it comes to my son's welfare. I'm soo sorry you had to go through that.
Ohhh- such big big hugs to you and your darling children!! I agree- call the newspapers, radio stations and complain to the top of their food-chain! Oh my gosh, I just can't imagine how scary that must be for all of you!! Bless your hearts!
My seven year old is at a VBS (vacation bible school) and I make sure to get it painfully clear in their minds regarding his allergies and need for an Epi-pen just in case he stumbles across a plant or insect he may be allergic to (that we are not aware of yet). I make darn sure the camp counselors are trained in First Aid and Epi-pens and go out of my way to sufficiently scare the crap out of them as to the severity of his allergies.
I went to pick him up yesterday and apparently after I left, the on-site nurse came and took the Epipen from the counselor!! I was frickin' livid.
So, I marched into her office and asked her (not so subtly) if she understood that Anaphalaxys is a life and death matter, that if he had gone into Anaphalactic shock that he could possibly die by the time the counselor got to her office!!!
She looked quite stunned to be confronted by a Mom who isn't a 'nurse'.... honey, after all I've been through with my son's many health scares, trust me, I can out-nurse her ANY day!
Your little darlings are sooo tiny and innocent and were probably scared to death!! How insanely terrifying for them. I'm going to say an extra prayer for your family that all of you have peaceful dreams and that your kiddos don't end up with some sort of PTSD (post tramatic stress discorder).
Big, big hugs,
Pam