Wisconsin College Student, 19, Dies from Peanut Allergy After Her Friend Gave Her a Gluten-Free Brownie

Mar. 15, 2025

According to local ABC News outletWISN12, Hannah Glass suffered an allergic reaction on Monday, Nov. 4, from a brownie that reportedly contained roasted peanut flour. A friend from a women’s group on campus had given her the brownie, which contained peanut flour for gluten-free students.

The Maranatha Baptist University freshman realized after a few bites that something was wrong, her father told WISN. “We believe because this product contained roasted peanut flour, separate from oily peanut butter, that masked this.”

Glass used her EpiPen and called her parents. At that point, she “had thrown up, she had the hives, but some Benadryl had made things better,” her father added. “After a few seconds of laying down, things changed dramatically. In hindsight, it’s at that point the right lung collapsed.”

Paramedics struggled to resuscitate her. Glass' heart stopped for four minutes and was brought to Watertown Hospital. Due to her condition, she was transferred to Froedtert Hospital to seek further treatment, theSacramento Beereported.

During the transfer, Glass suffered seizures and was put on a ventilator. She experienced “severe brain swelling” and her body began to shut down. “The majority of her brain was unmistakably, seriously, critically, and without the life-sustaining measures in place, TERMINALLY damaged,” an update from her parents viaFacebooksaid on Nov. 11. “There were no conversations of quality of life or anything like that. This was only life and death!”

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Memorial held for Hannah Glass.WISN 12 News/Youtube

WISN 12 News/Youtube

Ahead of her death, her family, the Froedtert Hospital staff and dozens of others participated in an"Honor Walk"as Glass was wheeled into the operating room for her organs to be donated. She was taken off life support on Sunday, Nov. 10.

The funeral was held at Calvary Baptist Church in Watertown for Glass on Wednesday, Nov. 13, and was standing room only,Watertown Daily Timesreported.

source: people.com