to want to punch this school receptionist!

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i have a dd and a ds at the same school. my ds had recently been diagnosed with asthma and teh last 2 nights i have been up with him coughing and weezing to the extent he is making himself sick. so i left him in bed this morning he is only 3 and phoned the school at 9 am like we are asked to, to tell them neither dcs would be in as ds is really ill with his asthma and going to see dr today and i wasnt willing to take him out in the cold for a bus journey of 1 hr each way like he is.

her response was ill put a note up on the board but there really isnt any reason that your dd cant come to school today. now aibu to want to punch her for this comment doesnt she reallise for ffs that asthma can be life threatening.

sorry for rant but had to get it off of my chest

I think it was perfectly understandable to keep both children home. Obviously if it happened all the time that's not good but clearly they're at the beginning of sorting out and getting the asthma under control and things are hard both with that and being in accommodation so far from school. A responsible parent with no one to help couldn't have done anything else I don't think. Receptionist was being quite rude IMO - none of her business really. She's there to take the message, not have an opinion on it.

I sympathise with the OP. I have two dss in school and it is difficult doing the school run if one is ill. If that happens then dh usually hangs around in the morning while I drop off the non-sick one. Then I take the sick one with me to do the pick-up. But in the case of asthma and such cold weather and an hour's bus ride each way I would not want to risk it (my mum has asthma and I know asthma attacks can be very scary).

I live a drive away from school so can't ask anyone else to help out. The local people who I might possibly leave the sick child with have babies of their own and would not appreciate me bringing my bug-filled child into their home.