CajunDixie
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Everyone in our family was sick a few weeks ago with the basic cough and cold. Younger DS always seems to get it the worst though and I ended up taking him to the Dr to get checked out and pick up prescriptions on a Thursday. That Friday he stayed home with strict orders from the Dr. not to do anything physical all weekend and on Monday he went back to school. He ended up in the nurse's office on Tuesday but she didn't call me. He said he had been coughing so much the teacher sent him to the nurse. So Tuesday afternoon I got home after the boys and found a msg from the guidance counselor to call him. Well the school phones were shut down by then so Wednesday morning DS had trouble being congested and coughing so I kept him home again. Returned the guidance counselor's call at work only to have him tell me that he and the school nurse discussed my son and he feels my DS is either diabetic or having panic attacks. 
He then proceeded to ask how many people in my family are diabetic. I was shocked......but said well Grandma had 16 babies and only 1 of her children ever became diabetic. No one else in the family has it. He went on to say the nurse listened to DS' chest and he has no congestion and his temperature is not above normal so he is obviously not sick. 
By that point I was seriously PO'd. I told him DS had been to the Dr and was still taking 2 medications and that I didn't feel he was faking. I then called my boss who is an EMT and asked about the possibility of DS having either of the mentioned problems.....she laughed and asked since when can a guidance counselor tell a parent what is medically wrong with a student. She then told me to have one of the on duty people check DS out. I then talked to the paramedic on duty.....he laughed and said aren't armchair DRs great?!? He then sent the on duty EMT to check DS......and wouldn't you know he was still congested! So not wanting to do anything to endanger DS I call the DRs office only to have the nurse say it was ridiculous and she laughed too. Fast forward a week and DS again gets sent to the office and I yet again am told to pick him up. The next day I take him to the DRs office and they say he could have allergies but that is no reason to send him home. The nurse asked what I wanted on the note to the school for DS missing another 2 days. Being sarcastic 
I said tell them he's not diabetic and to quit sending him home! She did it!!!! LOL She wrote PT is not diabetic and do not send home for a cough. The DR then sent home some Zyrtec samples for DS.
Ohh and as for the panic attack thought........the day I took him to the Dr the second time he coughed from about 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
I don't want the school to think I'm a witch, nor do I want DS to interrupt class by coughing but still I can't see why it was necessary to make DS feel bad because they obviously discussed him within his hearing and he knows they think he's faking being sick. What a way to make a kid feel like he can't ever approach an adult there if he has a problem. Should I talk to someone about how my son was treated by the nurse and guidance counselor?
He then proceeded to ask how many people in my family are diabetic. I was shocked......but said well Grandma had 16 babies and only 1 of her children ever became diabetic. No one else in the family has it. He went on to say the nurse listened to DS' chest and he has no congestion and his temperature is not above normal so he is obviously not sick. By that point I was seriously PO'd. I told him DS had been to the Dr and was still taking 2 medications and that I didn't feel he was faking. I then called my boss who is an EMT and asked about the possibility of DS having either of the mentioned problems.....she laughed and asked since when can a guidance counselor tell a parent what is medically wrong with a student. She then told me to have one of the on duty people check DS out. I then talked to the paramedic on duty.....he laughed and said aren't armchair DRs great?!? He then sent the on duty EMT to check DS......and wouldn't you know he was still congested! So not wanting to do anything to endanger DS I call the DRs office only to have the nurse say it was ridiculous and she laughed too. Fast forward a week and DS again gets sent to the office and I yet again am told to pick him up. The next day I take him to the DRs office and they say he could have allergies but that is no reason to send him home. The nurse asked what I wanted on the note to the school for DS missing another 2 days. Being sarcastic I said tell them he's not diabetic and to quit sending him home! She did it!!!! LOL She wrote PT is not diabetic and do not send home for a cough. The DR then sent home some Zyrtec samples for DS. Ohh and as for the panic attack thought........the day I took him to the Dr the second time he coughed from about 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
I don't want the school to think I'm a witch, nor do I want DS to interrupt class by coughing but still I can't see why it was necessary to make DS feel bad because they obviously discussed him within his hearing and he knows they think he's faking being sick. What a way to make a kid feel like he can't ever approach an adult there if he has a problem. Should I talk to someone about how my son was treated by the nurse and guidance counselor?
. We have an issue with our school nurse as well. DD9 was in 3rd grade last year and two times that she went to the nurse, she sent her back to class. She would come home from school and tell me that she felt sick to her stomach and her throat hurt. I took her to the drs. and BOTH times she tested positive for strep. I called the nurse and told her that I wanted to be called every time DD went to see her and that I would decide, according to her symptoms, whether she would go back to class or not. The funny thing is that the nurse is supposed to send home a letter stating the the child was seen in her office. I didn't get one either time. 
I wonder what kind of idiotic connection they made to diabetes or panic attacks. 
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