Allergy victim's family in need of donations

The family of a 15-year-old who died from an allergic reaction to food is asking for help with medical and funeral costs, a family friend told the AJC Thursday.

Diallo Robbins-Brinson, of Macon, collapsed at the Golden Corral restaurant in McDonough after eating dinner with his soccer team Saturday night, his mother has said.

Diallo, a freshman at Central High School in Macon, was allergic to peanuts, but reached for two cookies he believed were safe, Larmia Robbins-Brinson said in an interview with the AJC earlier this week.

The teen never regained consciousness and died Monday at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite.

"Mother's Day will never be the same for her," said family friend Eurydice Stanley of the youth's mother.

Stanley said she and Larmia Robbins-Brinson are close friends from college, and that she regarded Diallo as if he were more like a nephew.

Robbins-Brinson did not have medical insurance and expects to need $70,000 to cover hospital and funeral expenses, Stanley said. An online memorial fund was created to assist with costs, but it was well short of the goal Thursday evening.