Really shows the differences between nurseries, ours told us that our daughter was extra dribbly / definitely teething so asked if they could give her calpol! No issue from us, keeps her temp down and she's less whiney about her teeth - and she's also fine to just stay at nursery as well.
Unsure but we will he contacting the police either today or tomorrow. The priority has been making sure he's OK.
I really feel for him.
Slightly off topic, but does reinforce the need to have some form of travel insurance for all these "accidents" if a holiday does need canceling.Thanks guys. I know i have to take a back seat to a certain extent. His mum has been dealing with the school and me getting involved is unlikely to help the situation. Luckily she's a TA herself, not at that school, so she has a good idea of what procedures they should be following. Her friend also happens to be on the board, so that helps. They, naturally, cant tell us what's going to happen to the boy. We've asked in a round-a-bout way what the punishment is for that sort of incident and it basically amounts to a few days suspension and a few more days isolation. I dunno about anybody else but that's pathetic, frankly. When i was at school, I had a whole week's suspensions just for breaking a sink. Accidently!. And a couple of days off is just a holiday to little **** faces like that, hardly much of an inconvenience. Perfect example of just why kids get away with what they do these days.
Anyway. My boy went in for his second hospital appointment on monday. They were aiming to have him in a hard cast but that was dependant on swelling etc. They decided not to as his foot is still too swollen. Understandable. They also told his mum that both his tibia and fibula were broken along with the dislocation. I'm not being funny but you can see that from the xray; fibulas arent supposed to be bent at near-right angles. I questioned this as soon as i saw the xray but apparently they just forgot to mention it on the first visit.
So yeah, still in a soft cast, still waiting a hard cast, dont know yet if he'll need an operation in the near future to correct the ankle and almost certainly will need one later in life and a lot of physio. And his mum's had to cancel his hoilday as well. Can't swim with your leg in a cast
Is it a large nursery or quite a small one? Mine was often (it felt like every other week but in reality probably every 6 months or so, lol) sent home -- the CT'er in me would cross reference it with staffing numbers...
I can tell you this; 'zero tolerance' isnt worth the paper it's written on. This isnt the first run in with this bully my boy's had, not by a long shot. There's a history of bullying, not just my son but a number of kids at that school and they continue to doo as little as possible whilst appearing to be as empathetic as they can. Feels very much like lip service dealing with these types of issues. I will not be the least bit interested when that boy gets the hiding he deserves.
Indeed it does
Can't imagine how upset I would be in this situation
I'm sure it isn't much of a consolation but when I was a young teenager I had quite a bad accident inline skating up in London (Playstation Skatepark if anyone remembers it, think it's still going but under different branding) - fell backwards from about 8ft up and directly onto my arm outstretched behind me - absolutely destroyed my wrist in quite a similar fashion to your lad here; it was horribly dislocated and X-rays revealed that the growth plate was smashed completely off to the side. I had to have it corrected via an operation under general and they said they weren't sure until they tried to manipulate and set it whether it would need to be pinned or not, and what kind of lengthy recovery etc. might be needed. In the end it didn't need pinning and other than the ~8 weeks to recover in the cast it wasn't as bad as they were warning about in the end - they also said I'd likely have to go easy on that wrist in the future but it's been nearly 20 years now and I have never had any problems with it under load/strain at all - so there's definitely some hope even if it looks bad now. I hope he pulls through and makes a really good recovery that doesn't affect his ankle
It’s quite a small one. I don’t think they followed their own terms and conditions but I don’t want to fall out with the nursery manager so I’ve been tight lipped since.
I can tell you this; 'zero tolerance' isnt worth the paper it's written on. This isnt the first run in with this bully my boy's had, not by a long shot. There's a history of bullying, not just my son but a number of kids at that school and they continue to doo as little as possible whilst appearing to be as empathetic as they can. Feels very much like lip service dealing with these types of issues. I will not be the least bit interested when that boy gets the hiding he deserves.
Indeed it does
No that's good to know, thank you. I don't think they'll end up operating in the near future but we won't know until next week....hopefully. It's hard knowing there's nothing i can do to change things now - it's all down to him. He knows we are all 100% behind him but i'm not sure if he realises just how long it could take to get back to fitness again. That's something we purposely havent discussed with him yet as I don't think that doom and gloom, discussing worst outcomes and whatnot, is all that beneficial for him right now. We'll see what comes at the next hospital appointment, anyway
Thanks everyone
