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Post by jlschlangen on Apr 11, 2013 20:09:27 GMT -6
A little of this might be TMI so sorry. I got a call from the school nurse for ds today. I was like ok what now (at least thinking that) she had me talk to ds right away. His problem was: he was having soft BM's (poops). Ds said he wanted to come home. I told the nurse that wasn't really a reason to come home. So she gave him some vaseline to put down there. Well he did go (not sure if he used the vaseline or not) she wanted to look at it b4 he flushed it. It was soft not runny though. I told the nurse I would just give him a banana & a starchy supper. He drank lots since he got home. He hung low most of the time though he seemed really tired. So today I got a total of 2 calls from the school nurse for ds. She felt I should pick him up even though there was roughly an hour left of school b/c she felt he probably wouldn't get anything out of it anymore today. Plus she thought that maybe it would turn into diahrea. Never did thankfully.
What would you have done?
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Post by ReneeW on Apr 11, 2013 20:16:51 GMT -6
I would not take my kid out of school for having soft stools -- not to be mean, but isn't soft better than constipated?? I don't know, as long as it's not diarrhea I figure the kid is fine and healthy, obviously drinking plenty of fluids! Of course if there's fever, horrible stomach cramps or other issues I would get my child, but ... soft poop is the goal for poop, right??
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Post by jlschlangen on Apr 11, 2013 20:19:12 GMT -6
Usually you want the stools to be soft. He said it was hurting the first time I got the call. I even told him & the nurse that there really wasn't much I could do for him at that present time. No there wasn't a fever or any other sickly like symptoms.
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Post by dara1012 on Apr 11, 2013 20:29:03 GMT -6
I agree with Renee.
If I were you Jodi I wouldn't have gotten him either, soft is healthy. Runny, cramping, fever etc. is a different story
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Post by bunsy on Apr 11, 2013 20:31:50 GMT -6
Depends on the kid. If he frequently tries to stay home or come home for any reason, I would have encouraged him to stay. If it is unusual for him, I may have made an exception. Sometimes kids just need to be heard.
But then, I'm a mom who approved of mental health days and just not going occasionally just because. 3 smart, successful children later I don't think it was a bad move. Not everyone is willing to be as flexi as I was.
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Post by jlschlangen on Apr 11, 2013 20:35:51 GMT -6
He usually doesn't want to come home. He sure was snuggly after he got home. He did tell him he should stay the first time I got the call then the nurse suggested the 2nd time for me to come get him. Sometimes he has trouble getting poops out or they hurt coming out.
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Post by bunsy on Apr 11, 2013 20:39:30 GMT -6
Sometimes they just don't fell well but don't know how to put it in words. I had one kids who was ALWAYS trying to get home from school for any reason. Another one NEVER wanted to leave school. If the 2nd kid complained even a little, I knew it was true and serious. The first kid was my "boy who cried wolf".
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Post by jlschlangen on Apr 11, 2013 20:43:32 GMT -6
I think you are right bunsy b/c I was on the phone w/ him and most his answers were very vague like he didn't know how to answer my ? even though they were very basic simple ?'s. So they said he could come back tomorrow if fine and if he seemed ok. Well as of right now he is going besides he wouldn't want to be sick on his b-day. Tomorrow is his b-day.
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Post by cissy on Apr 12, 2013 6:27:26 GMT -6
I would not have picked him up. I would have told him to finish his day and then when he came home he could deal with whatever it was he needed to do.
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