Another Bad Day

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Have you ever had the year from H_ll? It seems like this year has been and we just started our 2nd 6 wk.

Please pray for our little community. It's been 3 wks since we lost a student here on the HS campus and now we have had another tragedy. We lost a family of 6 last night to a house fire. 1 Student attended to our Middle School and 3 attended our elementary campus.

My Middle School nurse said it is tough on her campus and my elementary nurses says their campus is okay.

Thank you for your support.

Specializes in School Nursing.

When I was in middle school there was a fire in one of the apartments near my family's town home and a little boy died. I grew up in a poor neighborhood with tons and tons of people and most were gathered near the building all evening just trying to make sense of what happened.

It truly is so tragic. My thoughts and prayers are with your community :-( I am glad that at least they have such caring nurses.

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Thoughts and prayers for your community.

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I am so sad to hear this story. I have handled residential fire cases and condolence calls, but to lose children is especially hard to accept. Even when I never knew them it is still heart breaking.

Allow yourself time to process this, talk with people, ask questions and share the grief load across many shoulders. There is no timeline or deadline to stop having feelings about it.

I do not know the specifics of the case, perhaps nothing could have been done... but please everyone lets use this as a reminder to promote the use of smoke detectors and CO Detectors. Red Cross and/or the local FD will give out or install smoke detectros free of charge. If you have a family be sure to make a fire plan with your loved ones and children, where to go, what not to do, where to meet. Have a fire drill. Proper fire plans can save lives.

I pray the family and friends find peace.

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Specializes in School Nursing, Pediatrics.

So sad! Praying for your community!

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Specializes in ED, School Nurse.

I'm so sorry to hear this. Prayers to you and your community.

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