I work in a 7th/8th building. I have a 7th grader who is diabetic, diagnosed 5 years ago.
Her mother comes in every day at lunchtime to check her daughter's sugar and to personally administer the insulin, because she doesn't trust any of the school nurses (this has always been her arrangement).
Yesterday, the first full day of school, she showed up 15 minutes early, was incredibly rude to me, and criticized how I had my office arranged. She then yelled at me and told me that I should have warned her that my other diabetic student was going to be coming in while she was there. (Keep in mind that it's lunchtime, my building has 450 kids, and I have lots of students who get lunchtime meds or have other needs at lunchtime). I explained to her that it isn't appropriate for me to discuss the schedules of other students, and that the health office will always be busy at lunchtime, so if she needs total privacy, that she can use a bathroom, or check in the main office to see if there's an empty room she can use.
She said she wasn't upset about the other kids coming for medications, just about her daughter seeing the other diabetic student. It doesn't make sense to me, and I don't even really understand what she wants from me. Any input? Am I missing something? Before any other students came in, I told her that there would be other students coming, and that she could draw the curtain if she needed privacy. She seems to be really focused on the other diabetic kid, which seems weird to me.
I can't deal with her every day for the next two years. I've been warned by teachers and other nurses about her craziness, but this is next-level!
