Test Failure at School

[Guest guest]

Well I don't know what to do now. My youngest daughter was diagnosed with sick

building syndrome and has been out of school since October after having repeated

reactions. The regular allergist referred her to an environmental doctor after

every test they ran failed to show anything indicative as to why she was having

a reaction.

The school has tried to say that it is all in her head and yet her doctor says

no, there is something there that they aren't telling us. We met with the health

department and they aren't completely convinced one way or the other and said

that there is nothing they can do as it appears the school is padding the

information that they are sending to them.

So, at the request of the doctor, the school and health department, we decided

to try to reintroduce her to the school in a non-stress situation. She's almost

16 so she knows how her body feels and she has been completely drug free,

inhaler free since November. Today she was feeling great and her skin was clear.

When the school called today to say that they had an award for her in the

office, she wanted to get it so we went to the school, picked up the award and

decided to walk around a bit. That lasted less than 10 minutes before she

started to show outward signs of something. Her face under and around her eyes

became reddened and after about 10 minutes she began to wheeze followed by

naseau and a headache. She looked like crap.

I felt as if I had planted my face in a pile of insulation and even after

washing my face when I got home I sit here hours later still feeling itchy.

I guess we are back to square one as to what to do because it is obvious that

she can't return to the high school and she has two years left.

Sue Bell