Re: Schools and Epi

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Myra, hello to you again as well. I will fight and I will win as they really

upset me. I have never asked that the teachers themselves use the epipen

but that it stay at the facility (Alena will only be there two and half

hours twice a week) as it would be too hard for me to drag it to class and

back when they could keep it with the things she keeps there. The college

has an EMS team on site as well as an immediate dispatch to the local EMS.

I will be in the next building with a cell phone. On all the papers that

were signed the day I met with the teachers it only simply states to call

911 should she stop breathing, swell, turn blue or purple. I also was going

to stop at the college EMS office and explain this and leave a fact sheet.

The epipen being in the building is a last resort basically. The true

problem here is that they agreed to take her, no problem, they let me pay

fees, pay tuition for myself, buy books and plan my summer and now it is

simply impossible to find anyone else in this tiny little town. I would not

even be upset if they had said from the beginning (in April when I

registered her and I was VERY forthcoming about her medical issues) or if

they at any point during our meeting which lasted almost two hours, they had

said, you know I am a bit uncomfortable or something but all they said was

well this is not going to be a problem, and see you when school starts. I

will see what the attorney has to say. I think I lived my whole life unable

to really fight a battle and now I am finding a little commander in cheif as

my alter ego(hee hee) Love, ~Alena's Mom

Schools and Epi

> Hi again ,

> Good for you...... I know many masto moms who have fought this fight

> and have won.... Your child should have more than one epi on hand..

> left with the instructors, in the classroom..... A. because the ends

> of the darn things can break off and B. because there can be a

> rebound effect.....and epi is good for only about 20 to 30 mins. I

> don't know if she is too young to breathe through an inhaler but for

> my money a cromolyn inhaler can reverse things almost as well as a

> epi and there is less chance of having problems..... breakage etc.

> Also, you might want to check out the ana-kit (I'm not sure if that

> thing has been taken completely off the market now or what)..... it

> can be easier to use because it is not a spring loaded " nail " but a

> good old fashioned injection..... And the instructors can " practice "

> injecting an orange....... teaching them to use it like a diabetic

> learns to use one. Love, Myra

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