Boarding school
illness at school
secondspring · 04/03/2023 09:02
My son wasn't feeling well last night and I feel that the school would prefer if they went home. I don't mind but we are now having to arrange everything to collect him. He is an hour away and 17 so not a small child which of course I would want him home. Are most schools like this? I would have to pay for a taxi though thankfully DH is here. The school has nurses and he is in the medical centre. He is never ill when home only at school.
astarsheis · 04/03/2023 20:18
Glad to hear is ok. Sounds like my DS...a nice steak always seems to do the trick.
I would get his houseparents to keep an eye on him for the next few weeks and check in often. If he's in year 13 you want him to fit and healthy coming up to revision and exams. This age group is very prone to glandular fever and illness spreads quickly in boarding houses and that's the last think you want him to go down with.
Aixellency · 05/03/2023 13:56
GoodbyeMrChips · 04/03/2023 12:18
Gosh this brings back memories, it is v different now! Like a pp, parents did not used to be informed if we were unwell. We would be in the San which had a trained nurse. The beds were v starched and cold and there were a few dusty books for entertainment. Sister would come around to check temperatures and decide when you could go back to class. I was there a week once and almost died of boredom!
Go and get your son, he’ll be much happier at home.
But you’re implying that ‘starched cold beds and a few dusty books’ us still the situation today. When obviously that is not the case …
MisschiefMaker · 06/03/2023 23:36
Iloveautumncolours · 04/03/2023 11:33
How long has he been boarding? You say he’s never poorly at home, only at school. Is your ds happy at school? I think you need a seriously chat, he doesn’t sound like a happy 17 year old.
It's really hard not to be ill all the time at boarding school because of the dormitories and inability to get an early night to sleep it off. They're really gross germy places.
Nimbostratus100 · 07/03/2023 03:17
MisschiefMaker · 06/03/2023 23:34
So wasn't there anything much wrong with him after all that?
That's odd they were so keen to send him home. What if you'd been an overseas parent?
the OP took him to A and E? There must have been something very wrong her that to be necessary.
MisschiefMaker · 07/03/2023 09:11
secondspring · 07/03/2023 06:36
We rang 111 and it was they said take him to the walk in at the hospital (so actually not A and E) he had a temperature. He actually only shares a room with one other boy so not a dormitory.
Lucky kid! Our dorms had up to 11 children in them, there was always someone ill.
Glad he is ok anyway.
TheCatch · 07/03/2023 13:46
MisschiefMaker · 06/03/2023 23:36
It's really hard not to be ill all the time at boarding school because of the dormitories and inability to get an early night to sleep it off. They're really gross germy places.
Iloveautumncolours · 04/03/2023 11:33
How long has he been boarding? You say he’s never poorly at home, only at school. Is your ds happy at school? I think you need a seriously chat, he doesn’t sound like a happy 17 year old.
My DS had a room to himself from year 10! very clean rooms and surroundings. Things have changed a lot.
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