I am FURIOUS at DS father for not testing!!!

[november90]

Has anyone else had to deal with this?
Whilst our son was staying at his dads over the weekend he had a cough. His dad told me last night that it was really bad and he was coughing all night. I asked him to keep him off nursery today and get him tested but this didn't happen. I picked him up from nursery today and he has literally not stopped coughing since. I had my niece and nephew at my house for when he came home so now not only all of the children at nursery but also my family members have potentially been put at risk. My ex is a Covid denier and one of those that would never get tested because the government tell him to. I am so mad. I can't get him tested until tomorrow morning now so I'm going to be worried all night.

@PurpleyBlue

I have had similar problems in suggesting DSC gets tested but mum refusing it. DH is then put in a difficult position. It's very tough.

It shouldn’t be difficult. Your DH has joint parental responsibility, he should just have them tested if he thinks necessary.

Yep but mum got really angry that she had to stay with us until results came back.

She being DSC, not mum!

Well she’d just have to deal with it, nothing she can do to stop you.

Surely if nursery thought the cough was that serious they would have contacted you to collect earlier or at least mention it at pick up

[quote november90]@KylieKoKo what I want by that was I thought you were implying a step mum was refusing to let a mum test her child, which wasn't what you were saying... I think?[/quote]
Oh god no. That would just be weird!

@Chailatteplease dad is 13 and mum has told her to refuse. Obviously it wouldn't be right for us to hold her down and force her to take a test so we're stuck isolating every time she has a cough as we can't risk it being Covid and passing it onto someone vulnerable. Even more galling, DSDs mum doesn't isolate.