Very upset, lack of care.

[misdee]

dd1 is in year 1 of primary. she suffers with asthma, eczema and hayfever. this morning she was a bit snuffly, so i thought it was hayfever which generally starts around now and gave her a dose of clarityn. dd1 asked me to tell her teacher if she felt worse to call me. i told dd1 that i didnt need to do that, that the school have my mobile and home numbers and they will call me if she feels unwell. I have just been to collect her. she was coughing really badly, wheezing and her nose and eyes are streaming. I have given her her inhalors and bathed her eyes. but i am fuming that the school didnt call me. she is obviously in discomfort. dd1 says she asked for some 'help' but was told to drink some water.

what doi do? i am not happy.

dd1 is recovering. she is on lots of puffs of ventolin, and is on her steroids as well. she wont be going into school till monday. i am meeting with the head tomorrow.

good luck Misdee, don't take any crap from them, hope your little girl is on the mend.

Let us know how you get on. My ds is also the coughy type and I think they underestimate the effects of it.

Misdee - I'm really sorry to hear about his and really quite upset at the schools response to your daughters request for help.

I would write to the head teacher and to the head of education in your local authority and complain in the strongest terms.

I worked in a secondary school were we lost a pupil who was not allowed access to the bathroom and had an asthma attack in class (she was really wanting to get her inhaler which she left in her locker) and your daughters school must have measures in place to care for oyur child.

We as teachers are "In Parentis Loco" and have full responsibilty for your children when in our care.

I hope the wee mite picks up.

xxxx

i want to hear the schools version of what happened yesterday. dd1 says she put her hand up at lunchtime and before she could ask for her inhalor was told to get some water. says the same happened in the afternoon. so am unsure now if dd1 asked for her inhalor. even if she didnt ask, they should've noticed a child in distress, right?

A child with her hand up should never be ignored. It's as simple as that. And i would have thought, by the sounds of it, that it was plain to see that the wee soul was suffering with her snuffling and coughing. She should've been sent to see the nurse, or sent home to you.