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Getting sick at school protocol

ToastieSimonsToastieSimons member
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Yesterday DS1 got sick at school.  He attends from 12:30-3 and I've always reminded them that I'm right in the area so if anything happens just call me. 

He apparently started vomiting right before snack at like 2:20.  He had four full vomiting episodes and then he was dry heaving and vomiting mucous.

I showed up at 2:55 to pick him up, we have to wait in the gym and they bring the kids to us.  At 3 I get paged to go to the nurses office.  She tells me that he has a stomach virus.  I was really upset no one called and she said "Well we have a child that's much more critical right now".  

She leads me down to his classroom.  He is strapped in his stroller in their bathroom vomiting while an Aide tries to hold a rag under his face.  The rest of the kids are only a few feet away at the snack table finishing their snack and getting ready for the bus.  

I understand that the nurse couldn't call (there are 3 nurses for the entire school which is 100% special needs and 2 cops showed up as I was leaving the school).  However, he has a teacher, 2 aides and 2 therapists (it rotates between SLP and OT) in the classroom during snacktime and there are only 3 or 4 kids in his class, including him.  Surely, ONE of them could have called me to come get him.  The nurse says "Well we knew you'd be here to get him at 3".  What if I ran late? What if I got in an accident or hit traffic?

Am I overreacting?
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Re: Getting sick at school protocol

  • funchickenfunchicken member
    At my DD's preschool they would have called me immediately and moved all of the kids to another room while they sanitized (if the vomiting happened in the classroom). Your poor little guy--I hope he's feeling better.
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  • irishbaby0708irishbaby0708 member
    I'm really surprised that they didn't call you right away.   My Son school calls me for every little thing which is annoying.  During allergy season my son pukes every time he eats but, is not sick and they still call me immediately to come and get him.  I finally had to send a note in from the doctor so that they wouldn't call me every time.

    Maybe ask what the protocol is so you know for next time.

    hope he feels better.
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  • ToastieSimonsToastieSimons member
    -auntie- said:
    ToastieSimons said:
     Surely, ONE of them could have called me to come get him.  The nurse says "Well we knew you'd be here to get him at 3".  What if I ran late? What if I got in an accident or hit traffic?

    Am I overreacting?
    I hope he's feeling better. 

    Hard to say if you're over-reacting. Maybe a little. It's vomiting, not anaphylaxis or a seizure.Is vomiting a special risk for him? 

    Since it was almost dismissal time, calling you might not have resulted in you getting there appreciably sooner and may have upset you to the point you had an accident. I'm sure you have a reputation already as a mom who is always there at pick up time. 

    I'm not wild about him being in the room, but perhaps the goings on in the RN's office weren't appropriate for him to be there.

    I wonder if some of this situation was driven by them assuming you knowingly brought a sick kid to school and consequently they didn't feel a sense of urgency around this. Especially given that this is an afternoon class and would have noticed if he was acting "off" in the morning before school if he had been. 
    A month ago he had some bug bites and they called me at 2:40 to come and get him.  They noticed them during diaper change and they wanted a doctor to ensure they just bug bites.

    And the weird thing is...he wasn't acting off at all.  He ate good meals, just didn't drink much but that's normal for him.  He has days where he isn't interested in food or drink and others where he is insatiable.  He wasn't whiny or moany.  He was fine with getting his AFO's on and getting dressed for school.  I am not thrilled about the whole school thing (it just doesn't feel right as I wish I could homeschool but I know it's good for him) as it is so if he is acting even the slightest bit off I tend not to send him.

    And I'm really annoyed because I ran errands while he was at school and finished early so I sat in their parking lot from 2:30 until pick up time.  
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  • StillharborStillharbor member
    (I'm a teacher.). Ok, I see why they didn't call you. You must have a reputation with the school for being very regular in picking LO up. And if the cops showed up, then being in the nurses office might not have been the best place for him. On the flip side, if they had called you when he started throwing up, would you have been able to get there faster than the normal time of your arrival? Still, a heads up would have been nice.
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