I am SO annoyed with Cassidy’s school right now.
I already told you about the para incident.
Now today they called me and asked that I pick her up from school two hours after having dropped her off.
Why you ask?
Because one of her eyes was red and swollen and they assumed she had pink eye.
I told them she didn’t.
Yes, her eye was red and swollen. I noticed it yesterday and inspected it myself.
And then I inspected it again this morning because it was still red and swollen.
There was no drainage. No bloodshot eyes. No crust. No film. No general cloudy appearance.
I’m the mother of four. I’ve dealt with my fair share of pink eye.
No, I’m not a doctor.
They called me and told me Cassidy’s eye was red and swollen.
Duh.
They told me she had pink eye.
I told them she didn’t.
I told them that I am far more concerned about my child’s health than they are and that if she showed any symptoms of pink eye or if I thought for a moment that there was even a remote possibility of pink eye, I would absolutely have kept her out of school and taken her to the doctor.
I told them I thought the red eye was the result of an incident we had with Cassidy’s eyeglasses over the weekend. I told them that I was well aware of the red eye and that I was watching it closely. I told them I had good reason to believe it wasn’t pink eye.
They asked that I pick her up anyway.
I did.
And you can bet that when I did I inspected that darn eye. Again.
Guess what I found.
A head.
As in the head of an insect bite. Right underneath her lower lid.
Did I tell the school you ask?
I did.
And they told me they needed a doctor’s note stating that she didn’t have pink eye. They told me that Cassidy would not be permitted to return to school without a doctor’s note stating that her eye was pinkless.
Yeah. That really perturbed me.
I got the doctor’s note though.
From a doctor. An honest to goodness, board certified, real life doctor. A pediatrician in fact. A pediatrician who specializes in infectious disease.
An infectious disease pediatrician who also happens to be my sister-in-law.
I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay that co-pay to have a doctor tell me that Cassidy was bit by an insect.
Like I said, I’m the mother of four.
Give me some credit will ya?
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That would burn me up too. Doesn’t the school have a school nurse?
That is ridiculous that after seeing the bug bite they would still make you get a doctor’s note to assure she didn’t have pink eye. Lucky you to have a doctor in the family!
How utterly ridiculous! Poor Cassidy, to have so many people checking her eye out all day.
That is so stupid!
Maybe next week you’ll have to prove she doesn’t have…oh let’s say…an ear infection…just for fun. Tell her NOT to touch her ears for heaven’s sake.
Oh boy. Do you think they have it in for you guys, you know, because of the para incident??? That is just ridiculous.
That school is seriously ticking me off right now. Sounds like you need to keep making a fuss over there. Again, I am so sorry you are having to go through this.
Did I not tell them?
DID I NOT WARN THE POPULATION AT LARGE NOT TO CROSS DARCIE IN HER MAMA BEAR STATE????
You kick ASS, girl.
Oh MY GOODNESS!
I might have blown. You showed SUCH self restraint! LOL! I’m so glad you have a handy Doc to write the note for you! :)
Traci
Oh my goodness how do you keep your cool???
I hope that was not the nurse you were speaking with…wait maybe it was the same nurse that works at my DS school who phoned to tell me she thought he was bleeding from inside his ear, I said no, he just has copious amounts of very dark ear wax. Ugh and we pay these people to care for our children.
That is ridiculous that the school did that. It sounds like they didn’t like being corrected and were just being bitchy about requiring a note. I’m glad that you’re not taking any crap from them and sorry you had to jump through hoops to get Cass back in school.
You should have gone to the doctor and gave the school the bill for the copay! Ugghh! I think they may be trying to get back
at you for the concern you have over the other issue! You really need to contract someone higher up. Sorry.
oh no!
It pays to have family in Doctors offices!
That’s absurd. They’d rather have her miss school?? I also can’t believe the incidents with the para. Wow. I work with quite a few paras, and they are such kind, gentle people. If you are not patient, and you do not absolutely love kids, then you shouldn’t be a para, period. It’s not just a job, it’s something your heart should be in.
I find that quite often the “school nurse” isn’t good for much. I’m glad you didn’t actually have to go to the doctor (and no offense to your sister in law) but a lot of times, the doctors just don’t know what a mom knows anyway. Which is surprising to me but not surprising.
I hate it when people don’t give you credit for knowing your child. And good for you for checking under the lid. Poor thing. Hope it’s all better now.
Ugh – I hate that, when people don’t give us moms enough credit for knowing our kids. Good for you for figuring out a way to get that note, without having to pay the darn co-pay. :)
I hope her eye is better!
You should have sent them a note, with a bill for reimbursement for the co-pay when she didn’t have pink eye. UGH, so obnoxious. Hope she’s better.