Hospital or???

[pinkpepperpod]

Daughter has come home like this. She says she has double vision. What should I be doing? AIBU to think A&E? I don't just run there for every little thing, in fact she's 14 and has never been, but I'm not quite sure what to do.

[ArendelleQueen]

I agree Maryz. Some people forget that there are real human beings behind the screen. This is her child and she's been injured.

[elizadolittlechoc]

This thread is very upsetting. I know you must be very busy and distressed OP, but update us when you can.

[PuckyMup]

Any news?

[cherrybakewelltart]

I've been thinking of the OPs daughter today, I do hope she is okay.

[anotherbloomingusername]

I was hoping for an update too-- for some reason this thread was sticking in my mind.

[bingandflop]

Any update OP?

[SlowlyGoingINSAINIA]

How awful! I hope her eye has been seen to and that she's ok.

[Gruntfuttock]

I hope the OP will have time to give an update today and that her DD's eye is - or will be - OK.

[Gunpowder]

Gosh your poor DD. You weren't overreacting AT ALL.

[WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant]

Any news, OP?

Hope she is recovering.

[WhatTheJeffHasGoneOnHere]

How is your DD today op?

[flamingtoaster]

When DS was 8 another boy pushed his head down, brought his knee up and in the process broke his glasses. DS was very lucky that his eyes were not damaged. The school was taking the line that the bully came from a difficult family, etc. and while I had every sympathy with a child having a difficult homelife it was only when I mentioned to the Head Teacher that had the child been slightly older I would have been reporting it to the police as assault and that I hadn't entirely ruled out mentioning it to the Police. At that point they then put sanctions in place on the bully and DS didn't have any more trouble with him.

I hope your daughter is OK and that A&E were able to be reassuring.

[PuckyMup]

Any news?

[TheCatsMother99]

Your poor daughter. I hope she's ok.

[LilRedWG]

How did you get on at A&E?

[giraffesCantDoThat]

thinking of you op x

[Plomino]

Definitely report this as an assault . Don't let the school sweep this under the carpet , take the decision to deal with the perpetrator right out of their hands . If they let your daughter come home on her own with this injury without contacting you first , let alone providing first aid , then I'd have absolutely no faith in them being able to deal with the cause properly either .

Outrageous . Take pictures . Lots of pictures . Then , if I were you ( in fact I have been you ) , I would arm myself with that , and the results from A and E , and be on the school doorstep in the morning , telling them the matter had already been reported . And if the police appear a little reluctant - and it has been know to happen (and I say that as a police officer who had to argue with another force to get a school assault recorded !) , remind them of their responsibilities under the Home office counting rules section A (which basically says that if it's an actual crime , it must be recorded as one ) and furthermore that in Section B of the same counting rules , which is the school protocol, if it is a crime , it must still be recorded , whether the school deem it as bullying or not , whether they have a set of bullying protocols , or not . Not recording it is a serious matter , for which the police are audited .

[waxweasel]

As well as contacting the police, I'd also contact the HT and request their version of events in writing (ie whether they were aware of the injury, what treatment they gave, why they didn't take her to A&E). I'd pass that on in an official complaint to Ofsted about the school's failure to meet basic health and safety/safeguarding duties.

I'd probably also be contacting a solicitor about making a case against the school for some form of negligence, even if only to make the HT shit themselves.

And I would make it my mission to make the little shit who did it take himself off to an early grave, such would be the miserable wreck of a life I'd leave him with.

I am a very vengeful person.

Hope your DD isn't seriously hurt and that you arent kept waiting too long at A&E.

[Marsaday]

Hope your DD will be ok and you don't have to wait too long at A+E.

In your position I would be furious if the school had not contacted me immediately, and also that they had not sent her straight to A+E themselves.

I am a teacher, and if a child arrived at my lesson looking like this I would be calling for first aider urgently and asking them to contact parents straight away. It's not worth risking it where eyes are concerned.

I have to say, i would also call police and report as an assult. That will ensure the culprit is dealt with properly, as I would not have faith that the school will do anything meaningful. This should be a fixed term exclusion at the very least.

[clam]

I am the least likely person to over-react to things like this but, as a teacher and a parent, I would say get to A&E or Urgent Care straightaway (although I see you've already said you're going). Also, make an appointment to see either her Head of Year or someone in Senior Management first thing tomorrow morning. Ask them how they intend to guarantee your dd's safety from now on?

Hope the news from hospital is good.

[Northernlurker]

I'm not sure I'd want to hear about the school's response to this as 'bullying'. This is assault pure and simple. I agree with a previous poster, I want to know why school didn't take her to A&E as well as knowing why they haven't (I assume) called the police. Or did she not tell anybody?

[definiteissues]

Hope she is OK