7 yr old girl died at school in VA on 1/2/12

[SilverLining]

The nurse said that if a child has a reaction she is not allowed to use another child`s epi, because then if the child whose epi it was has a reaction, then there will be no epi for that child.  I guess they all only have one epi at school?  Cannot figure that out.

My son carries one and has a spare in the office.  He rarely forgets his (abut once per year).  If his was used on someone else, that could mean he doesn't have the spare at school for a few days.  The pharmacy doesn't stock them, and I don't always have extra scripts with the pharmacy.

I'd be pretty po'd if he ever needed his and it wasn't available because the school gave it to someone else.  Either the school or that other parent didn't pay for one for that child, so am I going to be on the hook to pay for the replacement?

Call me nasty.  Call me heartless.  But, each parent should be supplying their own child's epi's and each school should be keeping extras that they (the school) provide.

And I'll include as part of the risk the fact that in dealing with a child in anaphylaxis and calling 9-1-1 and contacting the parents of that child....what are the chances the parent that purchased the epi gets overlooked in all the commotion and doesn't get a call?

[rainbow]

This article from Psychology Today addresses the moral responsibility of school staff.  Interesting that Psych Today is publishing a viewpoint, so this is getting some needed attention.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/here-there-and-everywhere/201201/allergy-death-school-when-do-morals-override-policy

[Mfamom]

Not sure if this was posted previously, but find it interesting

http://www.wtvr.com/news/wtvr-doctor-death-of-7yearold-serves-as-a-lesson-to-schools-20120105,0,6978677.story

[lakeswimr]

moving to other thread

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Tweeted by @NutFreeWok

"Schools to face jury in allergy death suit"
http://www.chesterfieldobserver.com/news/2014-07-30/News/Schools_to_face_jury_in_allergy_death_suit.html

Laura Pendleton's $10 million wrongful death lawsuit against a public health nurse and a school clinic assistant has been scheduled for trial in Chesterfield Circuit Court April 20.

daughter, Amarria Johnson, died Jan. 2, 2012

[ajasfolks2]

I'd go sit in that court room and spectate if my life would allow the time .  .  .

I'll bet it settles before court date, though.

[ajasfolks2]

Note to self, and anyone else interested:

court date, per that article, set for April 20, 2015

Don't know how to search the court docket there, but will try to figure it out, so can post changes to date if publicized.

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Tweeted by @IgECPD


"Mom's lawsuit against Chesterfield Schools revived after daughter's peanut allergy death"

http://wtvr.com/2015/06/04/peanut-allergy-defamation-lawsuit/

A defamation lawsuit filed by a Chesterfield mother against Chesterfield County Schools officials will go to trial now after the Virginia Supreme Court reversed a lower court's decision to throw out the case.

declared that Ms. Pendleton was a bad mother — the most hurtful and disparaging of labels

Pendleton's wrongful death lawsuit against Chesterfield School is scheduled for October in Chesterfield County Court.

[TwoDDs]

Fuckers.  Nothing more.

[TwoDDs]

In her lawsuit, Pendleton maintains that she brought an EpiPen to Hopkins Elementary prior to her daughter's death, only to be rebuffed by a clinic aide who stated that the school already had one that Johnson could use in case of an allergic reaction.

Despite Pendleton's attempt to give the school her daughter's life-saving medication, the suit claims, school officials made a series of public statements in the days following Johnson's death that focused solely on parents' role in the execution of the school system's severe allergy plan.

"I think you have to evaluate their words in the context of what was going on," Krudys said during a hearing last year. "They were unmistakably saying, 'We can't do anything unless the parent brings in an EpiPen.' They knew the significance of their statements. They were clearly saying that this woman is to blame.



I cannot get over how hateful it is for the school to have issued public statements engineered to blame the mother.  This seems unnecessary even if the school's version of the facts (that Pendleton didn't bring the epis in) is true - you don't have to get that information OUT to the public to win the inevitable law suit and you don't elevate the school in anyone's eyes by doing so.  These statements were intended to intimidate as well as re-victimize.