"it's kind of a balance for me between allowing the ice for the invisible injuries that the kids will hold on there for 5 seconds and scooting the kids out the door after looking at the afflicted body part and saying "ok, i'll make a note of it". Either way - ice packs do not leave my office unless you've got a really good reason."
We were chatting about the use of ice packs a few weeks ago and the last sentence of Flare's post jumped right off the screen and hit me between the eyes, "Either way - ice packs do not leave my office unless you've got a really good reason." I literally smacked my own forehead and asked myself, "WHY AREN'T YOU DOING THAT YOU DUMB A**!?"
For 15 years I've been "handing out" ice packs. So, the day I read Flare's post I started holding the kids in my clinic with them holding the ice pack over the booboo. It's remarkable how must faster they are "healed" while sitting here away from the action and not able to sport their "immunity idol" in front of the class. Of course there are the attention seekers that will never feel better and for those I call their parent and see what they want to do about it. There are many more advantages to keeping the kids in the clinic for ice packs but for brevity I'll stop here.
If you are not utilizing this methodology I strongly suggest you start.
So, thank you Flare, for teaching an old dog a new trick!!
