Evil Goat
11-05-2007, 02:31 PM
i guess only parents can answer this, but all opinions are welcome, and im not sure if this is the right section or not but im sure qd will let me know if it isnt
to set this up my son is 4 yrs old and we were able to get one of the 25 spots available at his nursery for the pre-k stuff this year, so from 8-2:30 he's in class sort of speak, then goes over to a nursery class at 230....
now, last thursday we get a call around 330pm that my son was pushed off of a slide at school by another child and had probably broken either his wrist, arm, or both...now i was out of town working, about 130 miles or so from his school (luckily my wife works literally almost across the street) so i rush back into my office, get my car, and meet my wife and son at the doctors office, took care of it that night and was told they would read xrays the next morning and that they couldnt cast anything due to swelling, no biggie, my wife takes the next day off work to wait to hear from the doctor, they call and confirm that he has broken both bones in his forearm near the elbow and would need to see a orthopedic surgeon. so we get all that taken care of and they cast him up, say he will not need surgery, etc
so all is good right? minor accident at school, in which i cant hold anyone responsible really b/c its kids being kids
one of the nursery teachers at the school is the daughter in law of a lady my wife works with comes to her at work today and tells her that she wanted us to know what really happened...she tells my wife that there were 3 teachers on the playground at the time (2 of which told her this story, the other has been suspended as a result of this story), one of which was on the slide for some reason, she says the teacher jumped from slide, and my son followed her, breaking his arm in the process
now im out a good bit of $ as xrays go towards your deductible, plus a couple visits to his doctor, the surgeon, pain meds, etc b/c of an irresponsible teacher
now heres my dilema....my accident report says he was pushed off of the slide by another student, which the 2 teachers say isnt true, and my son tells me the same story(that he was pushed off)...is it feasible to think that if a 4 year old jumps from a slide immediately after a teacher and is in obvious pain due to broken bones would tell his parents in fear that he may get in trouble that someone pushed him if the teachers put that in his head? and if i talk to my son tonight and explain we are not, nor will be mad and his story now changes to match that of the other 2 teachers (obviously without letting him know what im looking for so he just doesnt agree with me for the hell of it) should i be pissed and go after the nursery for lost time and medical bills?
CLIFFS...
-my son falls at school, breaks arm
-we are told by nursery that a student pushed him off
-we are then told by another teacher that he wasnt pushed and merely followed a teacher who jumped before him and that particular teacher has now been suspended
-should i be pissed and get them to pay for med bills and lost time if story turns out to be true?
and for the women folk on here, hes fine, all boy
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to set this up my son is 4 yrs old and we were able to get one of the 25 spots available at his nursery for the pre-k stuff this year, so from 8-2:30 he's in class sort of speak, then goes over to a nursery class at 230....
now, last thursday we get a call around 330pm that my son was pushed off of a slide at school by another child and had probably broken either his wrist, arm, or both...now i was out of town working, about 130 miles or so from his school (luckily my wife works literally almost across the street) so i rush back into my office, get my car, and meet my wife and son at the doctors office, took care of it that night and was told they would read xrays the next morning and that they couldnt cast anything due to swelling, no biggie, my wife takes the next day off work to wait to hear from the doctor, they call and confirm that he has broken both bones in his forearm near the elbow and would need to see a orthopedic surgeon. so we get all that taken care of and they cast him up, say he will not need surgery, etc
so all is good right? minor accident at school, in which i cant hold anyone responsible really b/c its kids being kids
one of the nursery teachers at the school is the daughter in law of a lady my wife works with comes to her at work today and tells her that she wanted us to know what really happened...she tells my wife that there were 3 teachers on the playground at the time (2 of which told her this story, the other has been suspended as a result of this story), one of which was on the slide for some reason, she says the teacher jumped from slide, and my son followed her, breaking his arm in the process
now im out a good bit of $ as xrays go towards your deductible, plus a couple visits to his doctor, the surgeon, pain meds, etc b/c of an irresponsible teacher
now heres my dilema....my accident report says he was pushed off of the slide by another student, which the 2 teachers say isnt true, and my son tells me the same story(that he was pushed off)...is it feasible to think that if a 4 year old jumps from a slide immediately after a teacher and is in obvious pain due to broken bones would tell his parents in fear that he may get in trouble that someone pushed him if the teachers put that in his head? and if i talk to my son tonight and explain we are not, nor will be mad and his story now changes to match that of the other 2 teachers (obviously without letting him know what im looking for so he just doesnt agree with me for the hell of it) should i be pissed and go after the nursery for lost time and medical bills?
CLIFFS...
-my son falls at school, breaks arm
-we are told by nursery that a student pushed him off
-we are then told by another teacher that he wasnt pushed and merely followed a teacher who jumped before him and that particular teacher has now been suspended
-should i be pissed and get them to pay for med bills and lost time if story turns out to be true?
and for the women folk on here, hes fine, all boy
http://a629.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/16/l_dc286fdb90904cc5037c25ae493917f4.jpg