But The Sick Child Is Not Enrolled..Vent And Help

[Blackcat31]

If one of my parents takes their child to the hospital it's always been serious; there is no excuse for a kid not to have access to a pediatrician or clinic... I deal with special needs & fragile foster babies a lot - that little "cold" for your child could mean a serious life threatening illness to one of my babies and I would term immediately if you had lied to me about how sick your child was

This ^^^

I REFUSE to keep a family in care that purposely put others at risk.

Whether the family simply uses the ER as a regular clinic or not....the mother LIED....and like I said in my previous post; when the trust is gone, the relationship is over.

[Rockgirl]

The parents had already acknowledged that the child was sick the two previous days. They had been asked to keep the child on the porch. Besides, why should the child have to be "that sick"? The provider could clearly see that the child was sick, and the parents chose to disregard. They blatantly broke policy

[e.j.]

The child might not have been that sick. I know a parent who use the hospital as their regular medical care. They don't have any peditrician at all. They just take their children to the hospital for every little thing. Besides if the child is that sick its likely the sibling will get it anyway and he/she will be contagious before they even show symptoms and it will be in your home anyway.

I get what you're saying. As far as contagion is concerned, there is a possibility that the enrolled sibling could bring the illness in to day care before showing symptoms but why increase that risk by bringing in the sick child and plunking him down to play with the day care kids - especially after being asked at least twice previously to keep that child out on the porch and out of the day care?

My brother is a paramedic and based on things he's told us, you're right - there are parents who do use the ER basically for primary care and they often call an ambulance to get there. This doesn't seem to be the case in this situation though. OP wrote:

DCP says no they are not, they are not sick and not going to the hospital.

Parents who try to sneak things past their providers need to know... If your kid can talk, he/she will rat you out almost every time. Your provider may not term over it but she often knows more than you think she knows. Destroying her trust is not the best way to go.

[Mom2Two]

If one of my parents takes their child to the hospital it's always been serious; there is no excuse for a kid not to have access to a pediatrician or clinic... I deal with special needs & fragile foster babies a lot - that little "cold" for your child could mean a serious life threatening illness to one of my babies and I would term immediately if you had lied to me about how sick your child was

Yes, it's true. DD is a former preemie, and we spent quite a few years with the main goal of keeping her well enough that she didn't need to be admitted into the PICU (where they catch whatever from seriously ill children in the next room). I have been a real maniac about my sick policy, but what have my choices been?

With being in touch with other sick preemie moms over the years, keeping your sick children off them is a huge deal. And even getting healthy siblings of a SN kid sick is a big deal, because they take it home.

[AmyKidsCo]

ITA about terming. If it was a one-time thing I'd give her another chance but there's been repeated blatant disregard for policies and repeated blatant lying. If you can't trust her to tell you the truth about these things, can you trust her to tell you the truth about anything?

[KiwiKids]

I would term because of the lies. I can not stand being lied to and ironically parents always seem to get themselves caught when they try!