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Posted by CMdeux
- October 17, 2012, 02:57:30 PMhttp://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-inmate-with-dairy-allergy-dies-after-eating-oatmeal-174446621.html
This has got to be pretty much every FA parent's worst nightmare.
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After eating oatmeal in jail, Michael couldn't breathe. Other inmates say Michael begged for help and was accused of faking it. The autopsy found his severe reaction to milk products contributed to his death.
"You can't get help. You can't call 911. You're at their complete mercy," said Anne Bremner, an attorney representing the Saffioti family
This has got to be pretty much every FA parent's worst nightmare.
Posted by spacecanada
- October 17, 2012, 09:12:20 AMI was one of the designers for the Snohomish County Jail, oddly enough. That aside, this is a horrific story!! I often wonder what would happen to people with allergies in different situations and this one makes me ill. He turns himself in for a relatively minor sentence and dies a day later. My heart goes out to his family. 
Posted by Stinky6
- October 14, 2012, 08:06:44 PMNo. That was from a different time.
He was there one day.
He was there one day.
Posted by nameless
- October 14, 2012, 07:38:19 PMSo he started there on July 2 and already had a bullying nickname?
Wonder if someone was teasing him and put dairy in his food or made him drink milk?
egads
Adrienne
Wonder if someone was teasing him and put dairy in his food or made him drink milk?
egads
Adrienne
Posted by Stinky6
- October 14, 2012, 07:19:46 PMhttp://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019430865_apwasnohomishjaildeath2ndldwritethru.html
Originally published Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 12:46 PM
Man busted for pot dies in Snohomish Co. jail
A 22-year-old man with severe food allergies died in the Snohomish County jail after a pot bust, and now his mother says she wants to know why.
The Associated Press
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EVERETT, Wash. —
A 22-year-old man with severe food allergies died in the Snohomish County jail after a pot bust, and now his mother says she wants to know why.
Michael Saffioti died a day after turning himself in to face a misdemeanor marijuana charge on July 2, The Herald newspaper of Everett and KIRO-TV of Seattle reported. The Snohomish County medical examiner's office determined last week that he died from bronchial asthma brought on by his milk allergy.
Based on the accounts of two inmates, Saffioti's mother, Rose Saffioti, believes the attack may have been brought on by what he had for breakfast July 3.
She said her son brought along a bag of medications needed to control his allergies and asthma when his brother drove him to the Lynnwood Police Department, where he turned himself in on a warrant that was issued when he missed a court date.
He was transferred to the county jail because it has a medical unit, but once there, he was placed in the general population, Rose Saffioti said. The next morning, she received a call from a doctor at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett that her son was dead.
"He was scared," she said. "I said, `You are doing the right thing. They are going to take care of you.' He said, `I have a bad feeling that they are not going to take me seriously.'"
The sheriff's office is still investigating, spokeswoman Shari Ireton said.
Michael Saffioti's allergies were so extreme he would have to ask a girl about what she had eaten before he could kiss her, his mother said.
Relatives and friends attributed his legal troubles to his medical problems, which caused panic attacks and led to his use of anti-anxiety prescription drugs and marijuana. He had problems with drug abuse since his teens.
In 2008, Michael Saffioti, then 17, was given an alternative sentence for minor offenses that required out-patient drug treatment. At the time, a doctor wrote a letter saying his patient had "multiple potential life-threatening chronic illnesses, objectively documented" that required environmental controls unlikely to be found behind bars, The Herald reported.
In a later stay at the county jail for marijuana possession, his food was separately prepared and wrapped in plastic to avoid trace contaminants, Rose Saffioti said. The precaution earned Saffioti the jail nickname "Bubble Boy," and his family appreciated the jail's willingness to meet his medical needs.
It's one of six deaths to occur in the jail since 2010. It's one of at least two that appear headed toward wrongful death claims against the county. Rose Saffioti, who is a nurse, has hired Seattle attorney Anne Bremner to pursue the case.
"My motivation is justice for Michael, policies changed, protocols changed, so that nobody has to go through this whether they have allergies, are diabetic or have cardiac issues," Rose Saffioti said. "Nothing is going to bring Michael back, but it can affect a change and that's what Michael would have wanted."
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Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldnet.com
Originally published Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 12:46 PM
Man busted for pot dies in Snohomish Co. jail
A 22-year-old man with severe food allergies died in the Snohomish County jail after a pot bust, and now his mother says she wants to know why.
The Associated Press
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EVERETT, Wash. —
A 22-year-old man with severe food allergies died in the Snohomish County jail after a pot bust, and now his mother says she wants to know why.
Michael Saffioti died a day after turning himself in to face a misdemeanor marijuana charge on July 2, The Herald newspaper of Everett and KIRO-TV of Seattle reported. The Snohomish County medical examiner's office determined last week that he died from bronchial asthma brought on by his milk allergy.
Based on the accounts of two inmates, Saffioti's mother, Rose Saffioti, believes the attack may have been brought on by what he had for breakfast July 3.
She said her son brought along a bag of medications needed to control his allergies and asthma when his brother drove him to the Lynnwood Police Department, where he turned himself in on a warrant that was issued when he missed a court date.
He was transferred to the county jail because it has a medical unit, but once there, he was placed in the general population, Rose Saffioti said. The next morning, she received a call from a doctor at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett that her son was dead.
"He was scared," she said. "I said, `You are doing the right thing. They are going to take care of you.' He said, `I have a bad feeling that they are not going to take me seriously.'"
The sheriff's office is still investigating, spokeswoman Shari Ireton said.
Michael Saffioti's allergies were so extreme he would have to ask a girl about what she had eaten before he could kiss her, his mother said.
Relatives and friends attributed his legal troubles to his medical problems, which caused panic attacks and led to his use of anti-anxiety prescription drugs and marijuana. He had problems with drug abuse since his teens.
In 2008, Michael Saffioti, then 17, was given an alternative sentence for minor offenses that required out-patient drug treatment. At the time, a doctor wrote a letter saying his patient had "multiple potential life-threatening chronic illnesses, objectively documented" that required environmental controls unlikely to be found behind bars, The Herald reported.
In a later stay at the county jail for marijuana possession, his food was separately prepared and wrapped in plastic to avoid trace contaminants, Rose Saffioti said. The precaution earned Saffioti the jail nickname "Bubble Boy," and his family appreciated the jail's willingness to meet his medical needs.
It's one of six deaths to occur in the jail since 2010. It's one of at least two that appear headed toward wrongful death claims against the county. Rose Saffioti, who is a nurse, has hired Seattle attorney Anne Bremner to pursue the case.
"My motivation is justice for Michael, policies changed, protocols changed, so that nobody has to go through this whether they have allergies, are diabetic or have cardiac issues," Rose Saffioti said. "Nothing is going to bring Michael back, but it can affect a change and that's what Michael would have wanted."
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Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldnet.com