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Kindergarten can be hazardous to Jared's health
Filed under: Big Kids, Health & Safety: Babies, Day Care & Education
'Twas the night before kindergarten and all through the house not a creature was stirring... Well, actually, Jared stirred. He climbed down from his bed and stumbled hurriedly into our room, holding out his water cup and asking desperately for more water. I jumped out of bed and took the cup. I asked Jared to go to the bathroom while I got him some more water. He turned and started out of the room -- only to run smack into the bedroom door.I comforted him and helped him into the bathroom. He unloaded the last cup of water as I hit the water cooler to get him another. He climbed back into bed, took the water, and fell asleep again. I had visions of Jared showing up for his first day with a black eye -- running into a door is the classic cover-up for abuse. Luckily, he didn't seem any worse for wear and the incident left no marks.
So the next day he's off to school and I'm off to the office. I get a call later that morning from Rachel who is frantic -- she's on her way back to Jared's school because he got stung by a bee and we don't know whether or not he's allergic. Apparently, he was sitting in the yard, eating his snack, and minding his own business when a bee landed on his ear and stung him.
He was taken to the school's office for observation; that's where Rachel found him. She stayed with him a while and then asked if he felt he could make it through the rest of the day. Jared replied "yes", got up, and started back to his classroom. Rachel stopped him and said he had to wait for someone to take him back to his class; he was all set to head off on his own.
Well, Jared did indeed survive his first day of school. I think tomorrow maybe we'll dress him in a Kevlar suit. Have your kids ever gotten hurt on the first day of school? Any outrageous stories to share?
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
8-28-2007 @ 1:46PM
Joy said...To bad he had such a "hectic" time. It should all go uphill from here. I'll be thinking of him and hope things are looking up. What a brave little boy.
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8-28-2007 @ 1:06PM
nicolebarber said...First day of Daniel going to first grade another kid hit him in the head with a wagon handle making his ear swell ten times the normal size and breaking his hearing aid, we had to rush him to the hospital to remove the hearing aid that was making a buzzing sound in his ear and see if an damage was done to the ear. But along the way he was screaming and throwing up. Freaking everyone out.
All is good now, new hearing aid implanted and he's more careful to his surroundings. No more accidents that year.
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8-28-2007 @ 1:52PM
aprilkelm said...On the first day of second grade, my little brother was playing with a football and he was holding it like Lucy used to do for Charlie Brown. The kid kicked the ball and his thumb out of socket. Emergency room.
On the first day of third grade, he was opening a can of ravioli in the cafeteria and sliced one of his hands open. Emergency room and 5 stitches.
Needless to say, these weren't his only trips to the ER. Just the ones that happened to fall on the 1st day of school.
Good luck.
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8-28-2007 @ 8:44PM
Eva said...Poor little guy. Trooper.
The first day of kindergarten I was knocked down by a dog and refused to go back. Really refused. So I started school the next year!
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