Have you ever been so angry you can hardly see straight?! That has happened to me today. Mama Bear is protecting one of her cubs today. Below is the e-mail sent to one of my kid's teachers. I will leave the name of the teacher off for privacy reasons. . .
Mrs. _____________,
Rebekah informed me today that she needed her inhaler while in your class and you wouldn’t let her go to the nurse to get it. She said after a little bit, when you saw a tear rolling down her face, you allowed her to go get a drink of water, but not her inhaler.
If you look at her medical card, it is on file that she has an inhaler in the nurse’s office to be used “as needed”. Rebekah can develop asthmatic symptoms when the weather changes – especially when cold fronts come through. Rebekah doesn’t like taking medicine. . . especially needing to use her inhaler. She’s probably only been to the nurse 3 times this whole year to use it, so I’m guessing she wasn’t trying to get out of doing work or anything of that sort.
I am extremely upset that she was not allowed to go use it. I’m not sure what was going on in the classroom that was more important than her being able to breathe properly. Even if you felt she didn’t really need it, that decision is between the nurse, Rebekah, her doctor, and me.
Just so you are aware, I’ve informed Rebekah that if she truly needs her inhaler and any teacher tells her she can’t go use it, to respectfully tell the teacher she is going to need to disobey, then proceed straight to the office, tell (the principal) what she’s done and that she needs her inhaler and a parent called immediately.
If you have any questions regarding her health, I’d be happy to answer them.
Respectfully,
Lara Norris
Is it a little harsh. . . probably, but you dont' mess with Mama Bear's cubs!
