Every Child Matters - Children with Diabetes

♦On Thursday Tim had pasta and a carton for milk for his packed lunch.When he was opening his milk he spilt some of it in his pasta. He told thedinner lady and asked her for help. She told him to find Penny and ask her forher lunch!!! Tim found Penny and she'd already finished hers so Tim wentback to the dinner lady and told her. Her response: well I don't know what todo so go out and play. Nobody else was told, Tim thought it must be okbecause the dinner lady “said so'” and needless to say Tim was 2.5mmol whenI picked him up at home time. I don't know how he didn't go lower. Luckily, Isuppose, he’s had a couple of afternoons of going higher than normal, so Iguess this must have helped him.I was going to speak to the head on Friday but he wasn't in so this meant thatI had to drop everything and be in school all afternoon.Tim only has help from the head and a teaching assistant who only worksmornings. This means that every time the head is at a meeting (so far 8 timesthis term) I have to be in school for Tim. It's really starting to annoy me. Ienjoy being in school but I really feel that they're taking advantage. It's a goodjob I don't work!!Kirsten, mum to Tim aged 5.♦I got a telephone call telling me my daughter was crying but that she had hada snack, when I got her home she was 2.2 mmol and obviously hypo, when sherecovered I asked why. I couldn’t see any food missing from her snack bag andshe said that she couldn’t see it because her eyes wouldn't work and hadmanaged to grab her pop bottle but didn’t remember how to drink it! The nextday I took her to school and calmly asked the teacher what she had eaten forthe snack only to be told " I noticed Jenny's eyes rolling, so I sent her for hersnack, I did see her with a bottle of pop" THEY HAD STOOD WITH MYDAUGHTER CRYING INCONSOLABLY FOR 20 MINS AND DONENOTHING! I explained to the teacher and the head that they had witnessed ahypo and should have given her food whenever in doubt, but she still comesout hypo at least every other day, Elaine.♦The headmistress asked me to 'pop' into her office for a chat when I had'finished with Edward'. This was to tell me that Sheila, (Edward’s supportworker) needs to reduce her hours (knew about this, it is to do with herpersonal circumstances at home and issues relating to her contract, or ratherlack of, arrangements at school, she is unhappy with this). I have beenasked to collect Ed an hour early every Friday afternoon becausethere is no one to look after him and 'he'll only be missing playtimeand story time'. This apparently will “suit me perfectly”, because I can gostraight to the juniors to collect George and Arnie’. I said no, I would likeEdward to be at school for the same length of time as the other children. Sowe are 'having another little chat' when I 'have had time to think about it'.Just rang the DSN and she said stick to my guns and she will back me up. Itamounts to discrimination.36