CONFUSED ABOUT DAYCARE SITUATION

VERY CONCERNED
Current mood: irate
Category: Life

i dont know what to do anymore. i am ready to check into the hospitol cause i think i am literally LOSING MY MIND !!! this is an entirely different daycare with different people. i have visited it twice before leaving mackenzie there, and still there are problems. now i totally understand that kids are kids and some peoples kids act worse then mine and as such i should not overreact if mackenzie comes home with scratches or bites from other kids, but wouldnt the daycare people call? or send a note home at least? i know they did for emily and annmarie when she was a baby. here is a copy of my version of events over the last week. please tell me what you think cause i am losing it here !!!

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10/30/09 Friday

Mackenzie picked up for daycare at 8am. Called daycare around 530pm because I was told they leave the daycare to bring her home at 430pm. Was told they had just left and she would be home shortly. At 630pm, Anthony called me and asked if I had picked her up, I said no. Was then informed that she wasn’t home yet. Called daycare and was told that the driver was routed back to the daycare because she had vomited in the daycare van about 4 times and the driver was concerned about her well-being. I arrived at the daycare approximately 645pm, and the van was just leaving again. Mackenzie was in the daycare in a change of clothing and seemed to be fine although her eyes were a bit “glassy” which to me indicated she had indeed been sick. She was alert and happy to see me and seemed tired. There was also “residue” on her jacket again indicating she had indeed vomited. The teacher from her room was already gone at that time, but the teacher there informed me that she had not eaten at all that day.

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After picking her up from daycare, she cried the whole way home. And then fell asleep in the car. Then about an hour later, she woke up crying, and was bought into the living room. I noticed a mark on her leg that I thought was a bite mark and took a photo to document it. She then vomited about two more times. We decided to give her some sips of Gatorade because we didn’t want to give her any food and she doesn’t like pedialyte. She layed down on the floor with her blanket and about 5 minutes later, sat up and began to vomit and choke to the point that we called 911 to send an ambulance. At this time her coloring was extremely white and we were scared. By the time the ambulance arrived and we got to childrens hospital, about 20-30 minutes later, Mackenzie vomited again in the ER ambulance bay and then we were led to the waiting room, where she seemed to “come alive” again and no longer seemed sick. We were directed to “emergency room 2” on the second floor where we decided to take her home without being examined because she was running around and seemed to have made a recovery. (at this point I had completely forgotten about the mark on her leg and didn’t notice if it was still there or not until Sunday when the mark was gone.)

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No new symptoms were noticed throughout the weekend, mom was sick with vomiting and diarrhea on Sunday but was feeling better Monday.

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November 2, 2009 Monday

Mackenzie picked up for daycare at approximately 8am, Dropped off at home around 550pm. She was tired and napped until about 8pm. Then she woke up and was “hording” food. She was stuffing her mouth with food to the point that she couldn’t shut it, and if I refused to put more food in her mouth, she began to tantrum and cry. This lasted about 20 minutes and she consumed a fair amount of pot roast before calming down and acting normally the rest of the evening, going to bed around 11pm.

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November 3, 2009 Tuesday

Mackenzie picked up for daycare at approximately 730am. I called daycare around 10am to see how Mackenzie was doing and was told she was fine. She was dropped off around 540pm. I wasn’t home at the time and was told she had a scratch on her nose when I did get home. She wanted to go to sleep so was put in her crib. About 20 minutes later she was crying and was bought out to the living room. I noticed the scratch on her nose as well as reddening and a scratch under her right eye. She ate some buttered noodles and was ok. She was then returned to bed around 8pm and was quiet (sleeping?) until about 840pm when I heard her crying a weird cry. Went to see and she had again vomited in her crib. Upon removing her clothing to give her a bath and clean her up, I noticed multiple scratches on her right shoulder that seem to have matched the scratch on her nose as far as depth and intensity.