to NOT rush to the school......................

[Acchhhoooo]

DS (age 9) had a suspected asthma attack in Sept 2008 where he was kept in hospital overnight on a nebuliser. Basically he had trouble breathing, he also had a bad cold and a temperature. I took him to the OoHs surgery and they referred him to A&E who diagnosed asthma (probably because he also has excema). He also has very large tonsils which the hospital will not remove as he does not get throat infections but we think this may affect his breathing if he has a viral infection rather than 'asthma'.

Anyway, in the 3 years since then, he has never had any other 'attacks'. I had the asthma diagnosis put in the schools medical records and left a inhaler with them which he has never used, just in case.

So this morning the school ring me to say that DS cannot go on a school trip to a farm as they do not have a inhaler for him. They wanted me to immediately get to the school with one. I have a baby and we live 15 mins drive from the school and I had just got back from the school run. I say that he is fine, has never had an issue with asthma for the past 3 years, is not allergic to animals and should have an inhaler at school anyway. If not, they must have disposed of it without my knowledge. I admit I did have to speak firmly to them until they agreed with me .

Now I feel a bit shit and they have put an irrational worry on my mind that DS will have an asthma attack out of the blue today and it will be my fault because I did not take the inhaler in. Before the phone call, it never entered my mind!

WIBU? Whta would you have done?

I would either have brought the inhaler in or make arrangements asap to have the situation reviewed by a doctor: it's going to be very difficult for the school if they don't know whether instructions given are actually there to be acted on or not (and potentially dangerous for some other child, if they decide to be less conscientious next time).

Yes, but how are the school supposed to know that the diagnosis was borderline, the GP and hospital are not worried, when the last info they had from YOU was that YOU had the asthma diagnosis put on the school medical records and YOU took an inhaler into school for him?

YABTU (T=thoroughly)

Blu put it better than me; that's what I was trying to say.

If your at home with young children and have school aged children too, your job and your ONLY job is to get those children safely through today and into tomorrow - school asked for 15mins of your day to help your child and you refused ????
You are not upset that school has put a worry in your mind, you are feeling GUILT because you know that whatever your moans you should have got your butt down to school.

You should either update the school's medical info to state no inhaler needed or take a new one in.

Yes, couldn't be arsed going on a 15 min car drive does sound a bit rubbish.