C'Mon Now!

WineRN · Jan 26, 2018

5th grader: "I have a bug bite on my leg I can't walk"

Me: "Looks like you walked in here just fine"

5th: "But no, I literally CANT walk"

::5th walks around to sit on chair next to my desk::

Me: "Maybe I don't understand. Are you saying it hurts to walk?"

5th "Nurse Wine. I. can't. walk."

Me: "Friend, you've been walking all this time!"

::5th Gets up and stomps out of office::

I'm not sure if this is more of a C'mon now or just a head tilt moment for me.

kidzcare · Jan 26, 2018

5th grader: "I have a bug bite on my leg I can't walk"
Me: "Looks like you walked in here just fine"
5th: "But no, I literally CANT walk"
::5th walks around to sit on chair next to my desk::
Me: "Maybe I don't understand. Are you saying it hurts to walk?"
5th "Nurse Wine. I. can't. walk."
Me: "Friend, you've been walking all this time!"
::5th Gets up and stomps out of office::
I'm not sure if this is more of a C'mon now or just a head tilt moment for me.

My go to for this is:

Snowflake: I can't move my [leg, arm, pinky toe]

Me: Well let's see you [walk, bend, wiggle] it

Snowflake: But it hurrrrrrrts

Me: Hurts to do and cannot do are very different things. Hurts to do means ice pack and cannot do means ambulance.

Snowflake: *(reluctantly moves whatever hurts)*

Me: Here's your ice pack.

OyWithThePoodles, RN · Jan 26, 2018

My go to for this is:
Snowflake: I can't move my [leg, arm, pinky toe]
Me: Well let's see you [walk, bend, wiggle] it
Snowflake: But it hurrrrrrrts
Me: Hurts to do and cannot do are very different things. Hurts to do means ice pack and cannot do means ambulance.
Snowflake: *(reluctantly moves whatever hurts)*
Me: Here's your ice pack.

Some of mine would be like "K, call the ambulance."

OyWithThePoodles, RN · Jan 29, 2018

I pretty much sent three kids home before I even got to work (they were sitting in my office waiting on me, and of course, no one else knows how to take a temp).

Should be a fun day.

Eleven011 · Jan 29, 2018

I hate winter week. It's pajama day. So of course, I'm in my pj's. And I have a dr. appt right after school, with no time to go home. And I forgot to bring the clothes I set out to change into.... really???!! ugh.

BeckyESRN · Jan 29, 2018

There's a sub in 2nd grade today. How do I know? Well, I've had the following visits within the first 8 minutes of the doors opening:

1.) "There was a thing under my fingernail yesterday, but my dad got it out"

2.) "My mom put this nail polish on me and it tastes bad when I bite my fingernails"

3.) "I had a fever last week" (denies illness, just thought I should know)

4.) "Can I have cough drops?" (we don't stock cough drops)

5.) "I need cough drops"

6.) "My friend said I look sick" (denies feel sick...)

It's going to be a LONG day!

OyWithThePoodles, RN · Jan 29, 2018

Highish functioning Autistic 1st grader: When I get home I am going to play GTA (Grand Theft Auto-highly inappropriate for a child of any age IMO)

Me: Oh...

1st grader: Yeah, I'm going to drive around and then stop off at the strip club.

Me: *crickets* Umm... Well. Umm...

I literally didn't know what to say. The counselor got a heads up, apparently he isn't supposed to be playing this game and they've actually talked with mom about it and she agreed. I told her he talks about playing it everyday, but today mentioned the strip club. :banghead:

BeckyESRN · Jan 29, 2018

Highish functioning Autistic 1st grader: When I get home I am going to play GTA (Grand Theft Auto-highly inappropriate for a child of any age IMO)
Me: Oh...
1st grader: Yeah, I'm going to drive around and then stop off at the strip club.
Me: *crickets* Umm... Well. Umm...
I literally didn't know what to say. The counselor got a heads up, apparently he isn't supposed to be playing this game and they've actually talked with mom about it and she agreed. I told her he talks about playing it everyday, but today mentioned the strip club.

Oh my!

OyWithThePoodles, RN · Jan 29, 2018

They just keep coming today...

Teacher brought a kiddo to me to check his temp, I sent him home on Friday with a fever and apparently he had the flu. Mom said the doctor said he could return if fever free for 24 hours. Teacher and secretary tell me that mom has called and emailed checking on him because she didn't have anyone to watch him before 11:00.

Temp 100.3.

So thanks for sending your kid for us to babysit and letting him spread the flu all over.

What. The. Focalin.

OyWithThePoodles, RN · Jan 29, 2018

I will add (I can't edit for some reason) that I do feel for parents who are stuck between staying home with their sick child and getting fired. That must be absolutely awful. My post came across harsh and I didn't intend it to be.

Flare, ASN, BSN · Jan 29, 2018

honestly, i don't feel like it came across as harsh. I truly feel for those that work - my husband works, i work, at times i've worked 2 or 3 jobs. But i've always had a back up plan for times when my child was sick.

I get down right annoyed when i call a for a sick or worse an injured or emergent situation and have to make 6-8 calls and end up leaving messages or get "this phone has a mailbox not set up" or the mailbox is full... I don't call because I wanted to discuss the Mets game. I am not calling because I want to ask what your views are on paper or plastic. I am calling because your child is not well. If i do call, i expect that there should be some thought that should have been given to a contingency plan. Not you acting like it's the first time you ever considered that your child may get sick at school. Especially when your child utters the phrase "Mom said if i don't feel well, go see the nurse." C'mon now...

OldDude · Jan 29, 2018

honestly, i don't feel like it came across as harsh. I truly feel for those that work - my husband works, i work, at times i've worked 2 or 3 jobs. But i've always had a back up plan for times when my child was sick.
I get down right annoyed when i call a for a sick or worse an injured or emergent situation and have to make 6-8 calls and end up leaving messages or get "this phone has a mailbox not set up" or the mailbox is full... I don't call because i wanted to discuss the mets game. I am not calling because i want to ask what your views are on paper or plastic. I am calling because your child is not well. If i do call, i expect that there should be some thought that should have been given to a contingency plan. Not you acting like it's the first time you ever considered that your child may get sick at school. Especially when your child utters the phrase "mom said if i don't feel well, go see the nurse." c'mon now...

ditto! Ditto! Ditto! Ditto!