Last Tuesday, the beginning of the second week of school for Landon I get this call...
Me: "Hello?"
After School program lady: "Mrs. Wentz?"
Me: "Yes."
After School program lady: "Um Landon took out a red and silver Swiss army knife holder (me thinking, "oh shit. Landon's second week of school and he brings a knife!")and took something out and swallowed it.I asked him what it was and he said that it was his purple vitamin that his mom said he had to take."
Me: "Oh, that is his allergy pill that I gave him this morning to take before he left for school. We tell him it is a vitamin so that he will take it."
I must tell you now that there was a big meeting the day of school and all the parent's were told that no kids are to carry medication on them (inhalers excluded) at any time that the nurse was to hold that. It was a very serious conversation and they take this kind of stuff very serious.
After School program lady: "So you do know what it was that he took then?"
Me: "Yes and I am sorry that he had it at school." At this point I was going to tell her that I was not the one that was with Landon while he was getting ready for school and I was not the one who took him to school that his father had apparently slacked on his duties but I decided that she didn't really care who was to blame. She seemed pretty disturbed that a kindergartner had a pill in his possession and was probably what kind of pills my son was peddling to the other innocent children.
After School program lady: "I need you to know that all medication needs to be administered by the school nurse and at no time is a child to have any medication in their possession during school hours."
Me: "Yes I understand that and I promise this will not happen again. Thanks for the call."
And that was the end. I picked Landon up later that day and Zach and I had a little talk with him and I think he understands now that when mommy gives him medicine to take at 7am that he shouldn't put it in a "pill container" (aka: Swiss army knife canister) and pull it out at school. I guess only time will tell if he does truly understand. Now I wait patiently by my phone...
