I'm not sure where to put this exactly but wanted some objective opinions to see if I am overreacting.
Over a month ago my daughter was diagnosed with MRSA. It was innocent enough...it had looked like a zit for a few days and then one day it was all swollen and infected looking. I brought her in and they made the diagnosis. This isn't a post regarding that per se.
I immediately informed her brownie troop...that she had been with the day before...so that they would be aware just in case another girl happened to show such a benign symptom since it has the potential to become serious.
My daughter was treated for it and it appears to be gone. Once the diagnosis was made we took extra precautions in keeping the sore covered and washing hands etc...
She went to a brownie meeting two weeks later without incident. Then today I got an email...almost a month after the fact...stating my daughter could not return without a doctor's note. Needless to say I was taken aback because no one has even talked to me for two weeks to inquire on her condition. If they had they would have been informed that the doctor considered it cleared up. Second this is not something that is passed in the air unlike many other things. I might have seen the concern while it was open and draining but that hasn't been the case for about a month because it healed a few days after treatment started. In my daughter's case the affected area was on her bottom so no one could have had any contact with the sore itself and I had it thoroughly bandaged and sealed so she couldn't even get to it lol. Add that to panties and clothing.
What made me so irate was the fact that I had spoken with the doctor about transmission. He saw no reason to keep her away from people. He, of course, stated in our home we should be careful and take extra precaution with washing of hands etc...FTR my dp, myself and my young son show no evidence of catching it from her. I had researched the disease and asked tons of questions so she wouldn't give it to someone else. I mentioned it to the troop out of concern for their kids. Why in the @*!! would they feel they needed to go to the council office and take such drastic measures and worse yet on an old problem. One that isn't even an issue anymore. Am I overreacting? Would it have killed her to call me last week and ask if it was gone? Would it have killed her to do the research about the disease to learn how it is transmitted? The only thing we can figure is that perhaps my daughter touched something that an infected person touched right after they had touched an open sore and that it got in through my daughter's nose. She had no cuts or wounds, much less in that area, for the infection to start.
I will get a doctor's note because I already talked to the office and they think it's ridiculous but will type me up one but I am just so angry. It makes me want to say next time we have something that could be contagious I won't let you know. Bear in mind I was not aware at the time they were exposed and it took a week for the culture to come back positive. I had never even heard of MRSA. Should I have let some other poor mother not get their child treatment because they thought it was nothing? I thought I was doing people a favor but I guess I've learned I shouldn't. I just really think they should inform themselves about something before getting all paranoid because clearly if they knew anything about this they would have had nothing to fear.
So how would you respond? Throw the doctor's note in their face??
Over a month ago my daughter was diagnosed with MRSA. It was innocent enough...it had looked like a zit for a few days and then one day it was all swollen and infected looking. I brought her in and they made the diagnosis. This isn't a post regarding that per se.
I immediately informed her brownie troop...that she had been with the day before...so that they would be aware just in case another girl happened to show such a benign symptom since it has the potential to become serious.
My daughter was treated for it and it appears to be gone. Once the diagnosis was made we took extra precautions in keeping the sore covered and washing hands etc...
She went to a brownie meeting two weeks later without incident. Then today I got an email...almost a month after the fact...stating my daughter could not return without a doctor's note. Needless to say I was taken aback because no one has even talked to me for two weeks to inquire on her condition. If they had they would have been informed that the doctor considered it cleared up. Second this is not something that is passed in the air unlike many other things. I might have seen the concern while it was open and draining but that hasn't been the case for about a month because it healed a few days after treatment started. In my daughter's case the affected area was on her bottom so no one could have had any contact with the sore itself and I had it thoroughly bandaged and sealed so she couldn't even get to it lol. Add that to panties and clothing.
What made me so irate was the fact that I had spoken with the doctor about transmission. He saw no reason to keep her away from people. He, of course, stated in our home we should be careful and take extra precaution with washing of hands etc...FTR my dp, myself and my young son show no evidence of catching it from her. I had researched the disease and asked tons of questions so she wouldn't give it to someone else. I mentioned it to the troop out of concern for their kids. Why in the @*!! would they feel they needed to go to the council office and take such drastic measures and worse yet on an old problem. One that isn't even an issue anymore. Am I overreacting? Would it have killed her to call me last week and ask if it was gone? Would it have killed her to do the research about the disease to learn how it is transmitted? The only thing we can figure is that perhaps my daughter touched something that an infected person touched right after they had touched an open sore and that it got in through my daughter's nose. She had no cuts or wounds, much less in that area, for the infection to start.
I will get a doctor's note because I already talked to the office and they think it's ridiculous but will type me up one but I am just so angry. It makes me want to say next time we have something that could be contagious I won't let you know. Bear in mind I was not aware at the time they were exposed and it took a week for the culture to come back positive. I had never even heard of MRSA. Should I have let some other poor mother not get their child treatment because they thought it was nothing? I thought I was doing people a favor but I guess I've learned I shouldn't. I just really think they should inform themselves about something before getting all paranoid because clearly if they knew anything about this they would have had nothing to fear.
So how would you respond? Throw the doctor's note in their face??
