My daughter says thank you...

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Hello all! Hope you are all doing well. I have a little something to share today.

So, just like every day, I asked my daughter how her day was after school. At first she gave me the usual, GOOD! *big smile* ... then not even 2 min later started yelling at her brother over little things and acting very agitated, which is unusual for her. So again I asked. This time letting her know I could tell she was upset about something.

Well, apparently she witnessed her little friend fall out into a grande mal seizure during class. :nailbiting:

She described to me how shook about on the floor and could only see the "white part of his eyes." At the time she was being tested one on one by her teacher. Her teacher noticed and popped up and sprang over to the student. She ran over as well, was told to run and get the next door teacher so she could get the nurse while he stayed with the boy. She was scared by what she saw, but felt alot better after we talked about it.

She concluded our talk by telling me, even though everyone was scared, the nurse wasn't at all... that she came running so fast, but she was so calm... that she glad she was a very brave nurse. She said we should tell ALL THE SCHOOL NURSES THANK YOU for being so brave. So, here we are! :) She is also making a thank you card to bring to her tomorrow.

Previously I posted about my concern that the nurse is not there at my kids' school full time. This happened right before she was scheduled to go elsewhere. Although her teacher is very competent (marine vet) and everyone knows 911, it still makes me feel better the school nurse was there. The nurse gave his PRN and he soon recovered. The child is okay. Although the squad was called, he ended up just going home with a family member. All of the kids already have been told prior about his epilepsy, he takes daily meds for it and also has a "special medicine" for "when it happens."

So again, from my 6 yr old lil' girl to you all, "thank you, school nurses for being so brave." :inlove:

MHDNURSE

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Community Health, School Health.

That's sweet of your daughter and I am sure it was cary for her to witness. I work PT hours at my school so from 7:30-9 am there is no nurse and from 1:30-4 there is no nurse...we have two kids with seizure disorders and I have instructed their teacher (they are in the same class) how to use the Diastat just in case. Wouldn't you know it, one afternoon at 3PM, a totally different kid with no seizure history falls to the ground in full blown GM seizure. They called me on my cell to "make sure there was nothing else they should be doing". 911 had already been called, the child was safe and seizure stopped after about one minute, the family had been called and was on their way , and the children in the classroom had been lead out of the class as soon as it started and were debriefing in another room. I was so pleased that everyone stepped up and handled it so well. It also was good for them to know they could handle such an emergency. While I obviously understand the value of a medical professional in the building, I think sometimes staff need to be reminded that they are totally capable as well. I feel like they send kids to me all the time for the most trivial things but then when the $hit really hits the fan they can handle it...

Cattz, ADN

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Specializes in School Nurse. Having conversations with littles..

This is a great story. Thanks for sharing it with us. :inlove:

NutmeggeRN, BSN

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Specializes in kids.

Awe...that is so sweet!

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