"The Allergy Buster" by Melanie Thernstrom is about a mother named Kim Yates Grosso who discusses her daughters serve allergies to milk.wheat, egg, nut, and shellfish. Kim is alway so worried about her daughter going into anaphylactic shock or even worse, dying from even touching any food that she is allergic too. She doesn't let her go out without her, for example, no sleepovers! Also, her daughter Tessa has gotten so scared of what could happen to her, that she is afraid to ever leave her mother's side. Then in April 2009, Kim heard of a doctor named Kari Nadeau and went to see her speak. During Dr. Nadeua speech, Kim heard her talk about her success in a trial of treatments called oral immunotherapy. Oral immunotherapy is a treatment that
