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My son has asthma. He's 6. In elementary school the nurse has to keep their medicine not their teacher for whatever reason. Any way it happens my son needed his inhaler and the teacher wouldn't let him go get it. When I picked him up from school he looked really pale and he started crying and saying he couldn't breathe well. What the fuck apparently he couldn't go to the nurse because he asked too many times the other day? Maybe let him go. So he skips learning about what things are purple I'm sure we could help him out if he lives.
ClaudiaBejarano
Oh hale no.
GreatChase91
In middle school, a friend of mine has diabetes and had to go take his insulin but the the sub thought he was lying and he passed out.
MyFrontPorchInMississippi
I would take that to the school board and threaten to sue for endangering his life.
HolyHellJezebel
Contact the principal and BOE, start throwing around words like child endangerment because that's what it is.
zachtidmore
In my experience, many people have little respect for asthma as a disease. They don't understand you're not out of breath, you can't breathe
eclect0
Might want to look into getting a 504 plan if this becomes a recurring issue. Then you can sue the school if they don't follow it.
HongKongBingBong
Go give her boss a fuckin earful or her it's your kid who got hurt but that cunts stupidity I'd be fucking irate
UnknownVD
He may be a good example of purple before he gets his inhaler.
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little1katie
I once had a teacher who did the whole "put your hand up if you want to ask a question", I'd put my hand up, then he'd say "put your hand --
little1katie
--down" shit. This happened for an hour until I started spitting blood because my wobbly tooth had been ripped out. Power hungry dickhead
gremlinlove021
tell him next time he just gets up and go to the nurse. don't ask. it's a life threatening problem. fuck the teacher.
democleides
File a child endangerment? case, dunno the specific term, turn the tables around and teach them a lesson
lttllmntr
Raise hell OP! This scares me so much. My boy is only 13 mths but is asthmatic and has allergies (EpiPen). I'm terrified of that situation.
SherMattLockSmith
I would go to the principal, it is not the teacher's place to make medical judgement, if the child says he needs his inhaler then they 1/2
SherMattLockSmith
2/2 Damn well better let him go get it. That is serious lawsuit area right there.
shayshayni
As someone who has spent her whole life aspiring to be a teacher, these kinds of stories break my heart. Can't wait to have my own school.
chickNlittle
Some teachers just SUCK. My son had diarrhea and she refused to let him not only go to the bathroom, but even the nurse. He went anyway.
chickNlittle
I raised hell when I had to come get him bc he pooped his pants. It was t even life threatening! Call the principal. This is BS.
willowed
Poor kid. That happened to me in first grade and I've never forgotten it. I'm 36.
jynx257
it's even better when you grow up with diabetes and they can't stop you from using the bathroom, that really upsets them.
tootscootinboogie
My mom is an elementary school nurse. She gets livid with the teachers that do shit like this.
SirShakesHeadaLot
Gonna venture out against the tide on this one since I am a parent and going to school to be a teacher, if a kid 1/2
SirShakesHeadaLot
(At any school age really) is asking to leave the room constantly, I'd be suspicious and restrict their time outside the class as well. 2/3
SirShakesHeadaLot
To op: just have the kid carry his inhaler on him, depending on your state laws, they can't (or at least shouldn't) restrict him carrying it
MyLuggageAteMyHomework
I had a gym teacher who wouldn't let me stop running the track while I was ACTIVELY having an asthma attack. Female gym teacher noticed (1)
MyLuggageAteMyHomework
(2) I was about to drop and let me go to the nurse. Asshole guy teacher had tenure but was made to retire the following year.
Caketarts
I would tear that school apart with my anger. I'm a parent and I'm pissed as hell for you and your kid
tacoking1992
I would tear down the teacher, the school, the BOE, and the damn union that tries to stop me. This is absurd, and if anything happened 1/2
tacoking1992
I would not stop filing lawsuits until every last one of them felt it. I can't even wrap my mind around this.
MetabolismLikeFire
Absolutely. It's actual life or death here, that teacher is a fucking monster.
DamnAutocorrelation
My son went through a phase of wetting himself at school, turns out teacher wouldn't let him go because he asked to often. He's 5
kibbypie
As a teacher, if they're asking to go "too often", we contact the parents. Rule out behaviour or illness.
chibimermaid6
This is very interesting. My kids school has a one toilet bathroom in their classroom so they can go whenever they need to. They don't even
rigsta
That's... really rather good of them :D
chibimermaid6
Need to ask they just go use it. I think they stop having one in there around 3rd grade
FusRoDoodles
My opinion of our educational system eternally bounces between "Parents are the assholes" and "Teachers are the assholes".
Strangedays2024
It's a highly complex issue revolving around many problematic things with the American education system.
Shumani
Nah, people in general are assholes
RickyBobbyShakenBake
Yes. People are assholes.
TheCrimsonFukr
Both sides are right.
Funfuhrer
Don't forget the administrators
leroy666
Some of each, but in my long experience, not very many.
PhailRaptor
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FreckleFoxx
Don't forget the kids. Kids are assholes too.
AgentChuckCarmichael
Summarized as Assholes are assholes
FusRoDoodles
Children are the assholes.
juggles3
Don't think teachers are the assholes, all the regulations and rules placed upon them.. everything according to absurd federal rules etc :|
FusRoDoodles
That of course doesn't mean some teachers abuse it.
iamstobes
I'm a teacher and do not understand why medicine is kept in an office or with a nurse... it should be with the child (or teacher) always
tootscootinboogie
My mom, a school nurse, shares a similar sentiment. Especially in regards to EpiPens and inhalers.
Razziz
My SIL's favorite school story is when her teacher tried to deny her bathroom access. She maintained eye contact as she emptied her bladder.
zebil
Should teach him to walk out of class, or simply don't let anyone get in his way of his inhaler if he needs it. I would also contact the >
zebil
canusaybusted
I was told I was not allowed to carry my insulin on me in school. I did keep a vial in the office, but carried my insulin pens on me.
shitsasecret
Same here, they used to make me test in the office as well. I ended up getting lost in elementary school cause I was low and disoriented.
canusaybusted
Yeah, I spent a lot of elementary school in a hypoglycemic haze. But once I started carrying my own crap in middle school, things got better
latsyrcmoy
I told both of my kids this: If it's an emergency it doesn't matter what the teacher says, you do it.
zeethenomad
My kid has severe asthma. We tell her the same. Don't die because some substitute doesn't know your medical history.
chickieboomboom
Had one teacher that only allowed us to use restroom during certain times. Mom told us to get up & walk out if we needed to
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perymon13
I know I did :)
Shumani
Seconded
Caketarts
I've told my kids the same thing.
TheRealJamesWoods
In most cases I'd say yes, but if his kid has asthma and tries to leave and for whatever reason the teacher stops him it could make it worse
WiFiChaser
Did you read the post, the nurse had the inhaler and the teacher wouldn't let him go there, nor get it for him. Teacher is cunt.
latsyrcmoy
If she does she gets fired for refusal of medical assistance (in most states). Win-win for the kid eventually.
JesusHorsedickChrist
I mean, he could die, but at least he has the moral victory.
dexlamrg
I once peed myself because the only hall pass was being used.
bluemofia
I once asked to go to the Nurse's office for a fever, and was only allowed after I broke down and cried. Turns out, I had a fever of 109.
kibbypie
Um, 109? You're not dead?
ionlyhaveonetesticle
Been there had a 111 one day at a hotel by myself called 911 and passed out an 65 year old man carred my 200 pound 6'4 ass and put me 1/2
ionlyhaveonetesticle
2/3 a tub and filled it with ice. And when i went to the hospital he followed me there and made sure my family knew where i was when i woke
ionlyhaveonetesticle
3/3 up i asked him why he said that i looked like his son that passed he just died this week 2 1/2 mile funeral train for him.
lolaluftnagel
I used to walk out of class unannounced all the time when i could feel a bloody nose coming on. Lol
bluemofia
I once had a fairly major nosebleed, and it splattered on the desk. Teacher threw my (graded) homework on it to hide it.
burghandi
In kindergarten the teacher and teachers assistant were having a convo and I was waiting for them to finish they told me to sit back down
burghandi
and I sat back down and peed myself. Bitch
chickieboomboom
Had one teacher that only allowed us to use restroom during certain times. Mom told us to get up & walk out if we needed to
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Ulthirm
Enough I'd estimate 30%
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chickieboomboom
I know that when I was younger I had problems with being embarrassed to ask to go because of it. Then Mom had enough of that
MildlyConcernedTV
One kid in primary peed himself. He had a bladder infection and the teacher wouldn't let him go because he already had
chickieboomboom
Poor baby. And it's one of those memories that sticks with you too
chickieboomboom
Poor baby. And it's one of those memories that sticks with you too
IrishViking1457
I was that kid in 1st grade. Teacher told me to wait. Ended up sitting in the nurses office for an hour waiting for clean pants. :/
Corrodias
The teacher taught you something important: authority figures don't necessarily know anything.
satanwantsthemcakes
No, I got one that's worse. We could only use the restroom 5 times a semester
chickieboomboom
I would have been written up a lot in that class
satanwantsthemcakes
Oh god yeah. To make it worse, you got a single point of extra credit for each use you didn't use, as if that made up for it.
chickieboomboom
How bizarre. That is a teacher with nothing better to do.
MarlboromanMat
Yet another case of a teacher power tripping to show how tough they are against little kids.
TheAngryMarineBiologist
My friend had Diabetes and needed his epipen on a school trip. The teacher refused to let him take it and he went into a diabetic coma
shitsasecret
Epipens aren't really used for diabetes. We do have insulin pens or glucagon shots though. Either can apply to this case.
TheAngryMarineBiologist
Ah my bad, I'm not that kind of scientist X_X
JustAnEightStoryTallCrustaceanFromThePaleolithicEra
I had countless teachers as a youngin that seemingly only taught to have power over students. Those were the worst teachers.
TheAngryMarineBiologist
I always wondered why cops get a reputation for being where all bullies went after school when teachers seem exactly the same
GreatChase91
My friend in middle school had diabetes and had to take his insulin shot but the substitute thought he was lying and he passed out.
msfitt
Jesus. Even if you thought he might be lying, why take the chance? Also, I feel like subs should be given that kind of info.
JanetVanDyne
When I was little I was unable to control going to the bathroom, so the teacher didn't let me go for asking multiple times a day to go. 1/2
JanetVanDyne
I ended up peeing in class and being embarrassed in front of everyone. Teachers are assholes.
jtb1313
Similar except it was summer school between 6th and 7th grade and I was too awkward/embarrassed to do anything about it
idontcomehereoften
Similar here. Had my hand up for over 2 periods wanting to go and she refused to acknowledge me because I should've gone during lunch
Tonisaurus
Same here... When I was really small my ski school instructor wouldn't let me go in so I spend hours outside wet and cold, super sore
AmbiguousMike
I'm sorry that happened to you. Some teachers are ass holes :(
laserleo
Me too! And then my first grade teacher was convinced that I had "tricks" and I was always "up to them"
laserleo
She subbed once for my third grade class and during roll call she called my name and said "No tricks today, I'm watching you."
grumpatsurrisrex
Ann Saffer. Second grade. Wouldn't let me leave and I peed myself. 23 years later I'm still angry.
ltoka00
I like a person who holds a grudge
xelavia
My brother has asthma and they tried to pull this shit with him, my mom basically told them to fuck off and had my brother keep an inhaler
AncientSeraph
Why would this not be allowed?
Corrodias
Because fuck 'em.
ShrubNinja
I think their reasoning is that other kids might get ahold of the inhaler/medicine.
IamGurrthetiger
Do they not educate people too well about asthma and other quite common conditions such as allergies and type 1 diabetes?
IamGurrthetiger
If not, then it is hardly the child's fault they played with an inhaler, growing up, i carried an inhaler on my person without much issue.
xelavia
In the bottom of his back pack in case he ever needed it.
Warfrog
It's bizarre to me that this is an issue. From 4 - 10 I always had one in my backpack. No secret and I would pull and use it as needed.
xelavia
Some school districts are unreasonably finicky
eclect0
It's not uncommon these days to see major restriction on children carrying their own medication. The nurse being the only one allowed to 1/2
eclect0
dispense medication, including emergency inhalers, isn't uncommon either. 2/2
SnoopDoggAttending
It's because they assume all kids in elementary are druggies.
DeathOfAStrawberry
Growing up I had the same problem as your son. Turns out the teachers aren't allowed to neglect your son the usage of his asthma. And 1/2
ImTryingIReallyAm
I was originally from Spain and when I went to classes at 4 I took extra English class to catch up, i asked my teacher if I could leave (1)
ImTryingIReallyAm
To get to my other extra class and she said no.. then I got in trouble with my other teacher because I didn't show.
weaslor
Wouldn't the nurse determine that? Not the teacher
dinobots56
My friends brother had a substitute deny him going to the nurse for his insulin before lunch. So he dropped his pants right there and did 1
dinobots56
The injection in the middle of class. (Injection goes in the buttcheek)
DeathOfAStrawberry
Usage of his inhaler* not his asthma. Whoops.
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tohubohu
"They" are the same person
zachtidmore
I wish someone would deny me usage of my asthma...
SensualDonut
I think thats what Teddy Roosevelt did to become such a bad ass. "I got asthma? nope, not using that. Now, lets fight a bear!"
ChiLLeCheeze
Hmm... Fighting bears confirmed cure for asthma.
DeathOfAStrawberry
they should have most likely actually told you if he was using it "too much" the other day. 2/2 Kick their ass @OP!!!
kibbypie
DAMN FUCKING STRAIGHT.
pipleythepiplup
I like your username - infinite monkey cage by any chance?
Chillingworth
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
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Tzeentch
projectarchangel
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!
mrhobbybob
That too
TheRealRed5
Khorne for the corn flakes!