So fed up! DD started back at school. Completed 5 days with a weekend in between.
Her best friend was starting with a cold Monday. His mum sent him in and then he went swimming that night. Tuesday he's in school again, snotty and she said he was coughing a little that morning. Wednesday he's snotty again. DD begins to get snotty Wednesday. Along with their other friend.
Thursday morning. My child's been sneezing all night. Sniffing all night. Saying she feels rubbish. No fever or cough. But she looked tired, lake and watery eyed. I do what I feel is right. I contact the school and say it's a normal cold, none on the symptoms but because it's heavy today and she's had a rough night, I'll keep her off. She needed Calpol too. I said she'd return tomorrow if she's no worse.
That evening I get a phone call. It's the head. A few have gone off with colds. She said we are sure that's all it is but we had to ring public health. They've advised the kids with colds isolate for two weeks and get a test. She gave me a big speech about our local leisure centre doing tests this week and home kits were available too. 48 hours later apart from a testing center 2 hours away there's been absolutely nothing! No kits available anywhere. I can't justify a 4 hour drive in total. My youngest also has a cold. He gets travel sick within half an hour. We really needed somewhere within an hour. But there's literally nothing. Even the ridiculous location has gone.
My DD needs testing by Sunday or it's too late. Still nothing this morning! So it's looking like we will be isolating for two weeks! That's her missing out on two weeks of settling into a new class.
I'm really annoyed because the other child who's had a cold all week has been in school with it and that's ok? Runny noses are not a symptom. My child's going to be picking up colds alot and she's so young still.
I am really unhappy with this system. No tests available so now a child's missing a huge chunk of learning! If she has got covid, the only place she's been is the school. So if they don't have an answer either way are they going to shut her class? Because I can't confirm either way!