Makes Me Sad...

[cooties_are_real]

... to see a 16 year old with a wig on due to lice.

I just want to cry. Friday I sent a Little Darling home with the 2nd worst cast of an infestation of lice I have ever seen. She had attempted to treat her hair herself so she would not stress mom out. States she got treatment medication for lice from a friend and treated her hair herself. She also had colored her hair the night before to try to kill what the medication did not kill. There was dead lice all over her head. She even had live ones. Some strands had 4-5 eggs on them. I helped her the best I could waiting on mom. Mom was not aware and I told her what the student told me. Mom came picked her up and was told she would need to be with her when she came back to school on Monday.

She walks in today and my first thought was "Great! They did get them all out and recolored her hair." Then it dawned on me she was wearing a WIG!!! They "Shaved" her hair off. She had long hair, too.

I usually try to hide my emotions, but today I was not able to. She asked me if I was going to cry. It didn't help when she looked like she was about to cry. Her mom was here and said that was the only thing they could do to treat. LD said she posted to social media that she went to get her hair cut in neighboring town an they messed it up to try to explain why she was wearing a wig.

Gave student a pep talk to try to help her cope, but she is one of my quiet LD's and on the fringe. Her good friend was to be with her today to help her, but the friend is testing and since she was late and would walk into a class that already started she opted to go back home and come in normal time tomorrow. I am worried about her being bullied and made fun of. I have notified the counselor and Admin.

[JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN]

LD was back yesterday. The counselor told me she called student's class and asked the teacher about student. She gave teacher an abbreviated "LD head was shaved and she wanted to know if teacher was seeing any bullying)" Teacher look at student and said he/she did not notice student was wearing a wig. Hopefully this will continue until the break and her hair will grow out some so they can do something cute with it.

Sometimes kids will expect a fallout and there isn't one. While they can be super mean, they can also support each other fiercely. Kids can surprise you and I love them for it.

[cooties_are_real]

Sometimes kids will expect a fallout and there isn't one. While they can be super mean, they can also support each other fiercely. Kids can surprise you and I love them for it.

I love it when it doesn't go the way I think, badly, but student's being supportive.

I had this happen early on (approx 10 yrs) with my worst infestation seen. The major difference was she already had a bad rep due to having a baby in MS. Sadly this LD dropped out because the student's at that time were relentless.

I've always said our LD an be toots, but if I were in trouble they would be there to help. Hurricane Harvey showed how much our student's care.