Medic alert is having a special for family members this month ($20 for other family member) and is giving a $10 discount for people with allergies (just got their magazine).
I can see benefits to the second daughter wearing one. It could help the PA wear hers consistantly. It will also help if she were to get lost, need blood when you were not around.... all those 'other things' we don't like to think about. The only down side I can think of is if you get the non PA a bracelet it would be important to keep her wearing it. At their age it could get confusing if it is an option for one and not the other.

I have a little different take on this, but I would just be very non-emotional and tell twin sister that
"no, we can't get you a medic-alert bracelet. Your sister needs this for (her allergy, or however you want to word it). I understand that you would like a bracelet too, and we can get you one of your own, but it will be different ... just like you and your sister are different."
I totally understand if you don't want to take my advice, but as the mom of 10 year old triplet boys, I think it is easier to start them younger on the idea that they do not always get exactly what their brothers (or sisters) get.
Sorry to hear about your daughters allergy, and take care.
Kelly

Quote:Originally posted by kelly01:
[b]I have a little different take on this, but I would just be very non-emotional and tell twin sister that
"no, we can't get you a medic-alert bracelet. Your sister needs this for (her allergy, or however you want to word it). I understand that you would like a bracelet too, and we can get you one of your own, but it will be different ... just like you and your sister are different."
I totally understand if you don't want to take my advice, but as the mom of 10 year old triplet boys, I think it is easier to start them younger on the idea that they do not always get exactly what their brothers (or sisters) get.
Sorry to hear about your daughters allergy, and take care.
Kelly[/b]
DITTO for me. Mostly because medic alert bracelets should be worn continuously, not taken off and played with.

Quote:Originally posted by Peanut Militia:
[b]Medic alert is having a special for family members this month ($20 for other family member) and is giving a $10 discount for people with allergies (just got their magazine).
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Thanks for the heads up on this!

Quote:Originally posted by Sandra Y:
[b]I agree with AnnaMarie, they won't be able to get it off, not if it's a real Medic Alert, the standard stainless steel bracelet. It's a major operation for an adult to do it.
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Actually, it's not only difficult for an adult to get them off, but it's sometimes impossible. I had an MRI last year and needed to remove my MedicAlert bracelet, but I simply couldn't. So I asked the MRI technician to do it, figuring that it would be easier for her since she could use two hands, and she couldn't remove it, either. I ended up having to keep it on for the MRI. (They told me to yell if it became painfully hot or anything like that. Yikes! That wasn't reassuring. But it ended up not being a problem at all.)
--Debbie