DCK is Sick. Are Any Other Kids Sick

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I have one (a nurse of course) that asks this all.the.time. It really ticks me off

Yep, mine are always health care workers and their kids are always the sickest.

[Laurel]

Yep, mine are always health care workers and their kids are always the sickest.

Maybe because they bring it home from work :confused:

Laurel

[Shell]

Yep, mine are always health care workers and their kids are always the sickest.

I don't know for sure about your dc parents, but the ones I have that work in health care pretend not to know when their kid has something serious. Dcg had hfm once, roseola another week, a cold, etc and dcm kept trying to blame here, even though her child was the only sick one. They know darn well when their kid is sick and contagious, but play dumb.

[Cat Herder]

Maybe because they bring it home from work :confused:

Laurel

Nah, it is because they (we) are desensitized to it. If it is not on the "notify CDC" chart, they don't even register that the kid is sick. It is not on purpose, just way too common in their world. Leaving a patient in danger of cardiac arrest for a child with fever and diarrhea does not pass the sniff test in most other real world situations.

Use the words "lethargic" "sad" and "crying for mommy"

[AmyKidsCo]

"Nope. Thanks for letting me know. I will let the other parents know since he was with them on Friday. Don't be upset about him exposing the other kids. It happens. You didn't knowingly send him sick. It's not your fault they were exposed. "

Love it!

I'm usually proactive when I notice someone getting a runny nose and will tell the parents "_________'s nose started running today. I don't know if it's a cold or allergies... No one else here has a runny nose."

[e.j.]

Dcm texts that dck is sick and wants to know if other kids have been sick. ..

Sometimes a parent will ask me this because they want to know what their child might have come down with. For example, if their child has a rash and there are 2 other kids who have had HFM, it's likely that's what their child has. Or.. if another child is out with Strep and their child is complaining of a sore throat, they may bring the child to be checked sooner than later so I get why some parents ask the question.

I have had parents, though, who were looking to blame someone for their child's illness and whenever I get a sense that that's why they're asking, I tell them, "No, no one else is sick yet but I suspect that's about to change soon!"

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

Sometimes a parent will ask me this because they want to know what their child might have come down with. For example, if their child has a rash and there are 2 other kids who have had HFM, it's likely that's what their child has. Or.. if another child is out with Strep and their child is complaining of a sore throat, they may bring the child to be checked sooner than later so I get why some parents ask the question.

I have had parents, though, who were looking to blame someone for their child's illness and whenever I get a sense that that's why they're asking, I tell them, "No, no one else is sick yet but I suspect that's about to change soon!"

I send out a notice to all parents when a kid comes down wit strep/flu/HFM/etc. With symptoms listed so they can be on the look out in their own child. It has proved helpful SO often.

[Cradle2crayons]

I send out a notice to all parents when a kid comes down wit strep/flu/HFM/etc. With symptoms listed so they can be on the look out in their own child. It has proved helpful SO often.

I agree. And s a mom, I would appreciate that type of heads up too.

[e.j.]

I send out a notice to all parents when a kid comes down wit strep/flu/HFM/etc. With symptoms listed so they can be on the look out in their own child. It has proved helpful SO often.

Yeah, I do the same thing and it really does help. There's always someone in the group who doesn't quite trust that I'll give her the heads-up, though! (...or who's looking for someone else to blame.)