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A family in Wisconsin is mourning the loss of their teenage daughter after she died from an allergic reaction — but they have found some comfort in the lives her donated organs have saved.

Hannah Glass, 19, was a freshman at Maranatha Baptist University and had lived with a severe peanut allergy since she was a toddler.

After taking a bite of a brownie that she did not know was made with peanut flour, she experienced an allergic reaction that ultimately led to irreversible brain damage and death.The family first learned of their daughter's allergy when she was 3 years old, when the child took a bite of a peanut butter cookie and immediately threw up and broke out in a rash

A college student in Wisconsin has died from an allergic reaction to a brownie she was given by a friend.

Hannah Glass, a Maranatha Baptist University freshman, suffered a fatal allergic reaction from a brownie that reportedly contained roasted peanut flour.  

After a few bites, the 19-year-old realized something was wrong. Even though Benadryl seemed to help the situation, 'after a few seconds of laying down, things changed dramatically,' her father told WISN.

'In hindsight, it's at this point the right lung collapsed,' he said.  

Glass had been given the brownie, which was made with the substitute flour for gluten-free students, by a friend from a women's group on campus.

As her symptoms calmed after taking the Benadryl, she lay down on her stomach.

When Glass tried to get up, she curled into the fetal position and complained of extreme shortness of breath.

She climbed down the ladder from her bed and lost consciousness before her EpiPen was administered.
By the time paramedics arrived, they struggled to resuscitate her, and the teenagers heart stopped for four minutes.

It was then she was taken to Watertown Hospital before being transferred to Froedtert Hospital for further treatment.

During her transfer she suffered seizures, 'severe brain swelling', and was put on a ventilator.

'The majority of her brain was unmistakably, seriously, critically, and without the life-sustaining measures in place, TERMINALLY damaged,' wrote her family on Facebook.

'At this point there was no actual decision to be made, except that we decided to donate her body to help others have the chance at life she no longer had.

'And to prevent other parents or loved ones from having to endure the torture we had over the previous week.