Youngest child is home again from school.
- googly tummy and nausea, but not vomiting
- headache as can't focus on books or tv
- slept 24 of past 30 hours
- no appetite, but drinking plenty of liquids
- low grade fever at 100
- just starting scratchy throat and coughing
- no congestion
All she keeps saying is she's upset she's missing Algebra and polynomials.
@ChippySuave If she’s upset she’s miss Algebra & polynomials then she does need an expert (JK) Sounds really flu-ish take her in.
@carmahaz We are going this morning. I'll pay for a "let her rest and keep her hydrated" so we can have the doctor's note for school.
@ChippySuave no ‘excused’ without :-( (At least here). Hope she’s back up to quadratic equations soon.
@carmahaz Exactly. Anything more than a couple days and the school gets antsy about the absences. Which seems a bit classist to me. Not everyone can afford to see the doctor or go to urgent care just to have a note of excuse.
Luckily she loves math and has an A in the class.
@ChippySuave @carmahaz
THIS was a problem for me the entire time my kids were in public school...
I"M their parent... If I say they need to be home, that should be it...
Are there really parents out there that keep their kids out of school on a whim?
@InvaderGzim @ChippySuave I hate to tell you this but there are many that believe & teach their children that school is not a priority. Sorry truth. It’s very hard to teach students that are not at school but we are held to that standard.
You know how every street has that one house that makes you cringe? We have that house kitty-corner from us. Their daughter attended same class as my daughter in 4th grade. It was the year my daughter was lactose intolerant and missed 27 days of school as we tried to find what was causing her pain. When I spoke to the teacher, she said not to worry so much.
The other child was absent 60+ times. The mother didn't care and we noticed the child was often left home alone. @carmahaz @InvaderGzim
@ChippySuave @carmahaz
Sigh... Those aren't parents...
This is one of the large problems we have...
Not-parents having children...
@InvaderGzim @ChippySuave Not you. Not I hope most. But it is the reason that in CA at least no matter what a parent writes or what the make up work absences are never excused nor ADA reimbursed.
@ChippySuave A week or so ago I told someone about Tomato Juice and Garlic. It really works. I have been to a doc only once in 25 years for flu/cold symptoms.
@GeorgeG Thanks for the idea.... but there is no way my child would even take that. Picky. Picky. Picky. Or in other words, an apple from the tree.
@ChippySuave Or, the nut don't fall far from?
@ChippySuave oohhh