“You can’t help that. We’re all mad here.” ~The Cheshire Cat
I don’t hate cats per se. Actually, I don’t have emotions either way. The thing is, Pearlsky is so allergic to them … when she had allergy testing where they prick your skin in a grid to see what reacts … the cat reaction as so bad that the other tests around it could not be read! I do have a problem with the fact that Pearlsky’s mother has a cat, ever since her then boyfriend moved in with her a few months after our separation, and Pearlsky has never been able to go there … but I digress.
What’s with all this cat talk? Well …
I let the cat out of the bag …
Or is it just that you can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube?
Either way … I did it …
I just faxed twelve pages to the Office of Public Protection, Department of Public Health, Division of Licensure.
As you know, I can be a voracious advocate for Pearlsky. How dare the school nurses violate her civil rights and violate their own rules on neglect. But this action is bothering me. I am, after all, going after her license, her livelihood. Not that she does not deserve it, this has been going on for years, but I hate that I must do this.
As for why they do not give Pearlsky her amino acid that keeps her alive and the seizures at bay? No one knows. The last explanation given, really, was “we don’t feed disabled students.” Note, this is 10 cc of a medication given at the same time as other medications. The state is now obligated to investigate, maybe we will learn more.
Her livelihood vs. your child’s life…personally, I wouldn’t beat myself up too much on that one.
Deep breath. This will keep Pearlsky and other children safe. If that’s not her first priority, she should not have her position.
it’s admirable to have no emotions either way, and focus on what’s practical and sensible
but i still hate cats
not so much the creatures themselves as cat-ness
their attitude, their urban prominence, cute fuzzy pictures, parents who care more for their cats than their children, and chicks who talk to their cats when you’re trying to have a phone conversation with them
i will confess, however, that when i visit my father, and those two fluffy barking things jump at my balls, i see a place in the world for cats – just not MY world
I’m with Claire. If she’s doing this to your child, even knowing how involved and aware you are, what might she be doing to kids with less able or alert parents?
The nurse thinks “feeding disabled children” (even if it was that) beneath her, I guess.
I do not think this will turn out the way she thinks it will turn out.
Enough is enough. You go. A friend of mine who is the director of human resources was telling me about all of these frivolous lawsuits that insurance companies “settle” on all the time. You have something concrete, and while it will affect someone’s livelihood, it’s just not right. From what you’ve described, it looks, sadly, like litigation is the only thing that speaks to these people.
I had a foster child with an immune deficiency and took her relative placement to the yearly asthma conference where the local pulmonologist stands up every year and tells people about evil cat dander that is the worse thing in the world for all allergy prone children. “If you have a cat get rid of it. If you don’t…don’t ever get one.” He went on to say even in homes that never had a cat, cat dander is detected. The relative went right out the next week and bought two kittens to welcome the child to her home.
I agree completely with Claire. Pearlsky’s life is more important than the nurse’s livelihood. If it must come to threatening her livelihood to protect your daughter, then so be it.