Truman didn’t want to miss school for those three days he was sent home, and that was pretty much all that made him feel miserable. Once home, he bounced off the walls and ran wild through the yard. He was fine.

This morning, I walked my son into school (I had to deliver Fall Festival donations anyway) and he handed his teachers (he has two) the note from the doctor. He said, “I hope I can stay the whole day today.” I said, “Me too.” I was overwhelmed with guilt that I had sent my son to school with germs to spread to other students. The teachers shook their heads. Apparently the school nurse has been on double-duty these days, being extra precautionary with most of the kids and sending them home for most any ailment in light of the swine flu epidemic. I recalled the two other kids in the nurse’s office when I was there last week, and the vomit spot I had to step over in the office when I checked Truman out Thursday. I began to feel sorry for that school nurse, no doubt more overwhelmed than usual. I thought I might send her a gift to show my appreciation, considering she had seen so much of my son these past two weeks.

Check out what I found! It’s a gift set especially for school nurses! This gift set from Educational Innovations/Teacher Source is adorable, funny, and outrageously expensive, but it includes several giant Microbes including Louse, Sore Throat, Stomach Ache, Common Cold, Cough, Ear Ache, Flu and Mono. Or, as the Web site says, “the germs most common in schools.” Now, what better way to show your appreciation to the school nurse than giving her germs? Awesome!

Photo, Educational Innovations, TeacherSource.com

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Great Gift Idea for Overworked School Nurse

She of course ran in the other direction screaming no. She sucked down 3 glasses of water and got on the school bus and all was well until mid day. I received a phone message from the school nurse.  ‘Ms. James, no urgency but could you please call us back, we have K in the nurse office”.

I called back and the nurse wanted to know if she had missed something on the health form since K had come to her office and said, “My belly and head hurts and I am thirsty and my Mom thinks I am a diabetic”!

In no way did I say she was diabetic ,I explained, but I guess she deduced that by me wanting to check her sugar she had diabetes. I reassured the nurse and all was well. Then when K got home she said, “Mom, if you want to call my teacher at home she has a son that has what I do and she said she can answer any questions”.

I asked, “well, what it is that you have”?

She answered diabetes and I couldn’t help but smile. I explained at length that she does not have diabetes and what it means to have low versus high blood sugar and how it affects so many children and it is not something to take lightly. She understood all that I said and then she said, and this is were you just look at your kids and want to eat them up…

“Mom, we should go to the store and buy stuff to make sugar free cookies for the cafeteria to serve to all he diabetic children in my school. And we should also teach the kids what it means and what to watch for”!

My heart was proud. She is so sweet!! And even a diabetic Mom can eat her up!

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“Mom- lets make sugar free cookies to sell at the cafeteria”- Makes my heart proud!