Daycare gave additional medicine without parental consent

[mbc]

What is the name of your state? Alabama

My son is 7 years old and is on a medication that he has to take 2 times a day - once in the morning and once in the afternoon. The two doses are to be 9 to 12 hours apart. We give our the son the morning dose and his after-school daycare gives him the second one when he first arrives. Our son has been on Spring Break for the past 2 weeks. Therefore, he has been going all day to the daycare. We ran out of our part of the prescription and was waiting for the pharmacy to get some more in. The daycare still had their prescription. Our son took it upon himself to ask the daycare for his morning dose since we were "out" at home. The daycare only has permission to administer the afternoon dose. The assistance director, who usually gives him the medicine, gave him the additional dose without consulting me or my husband. Our son ended up having two doses within a 6 hour span. We know that it happened once and believe that it happened two more days. Luckily there was no medical reaction. We have reported the incident to DHR but would like to know if we should receive some type of monitary pay for the neglect and possible risk of our son's health?

 

[panzertanker]

What is the name of your state? Alabama

My son is 7 years old and is on a medication that he has to take 2 times a day - once in the morning and once in the afternoon. The two doses are to be 9 to 12 hours apart. We give our the son the morning dose and his after-school daycare gives him the second one when he first arrives. Our son has been on Spring Break for the past 2 weeks. Therefore, he has been going all day to the daycare. We ran out of our part of the prescription and was waiting for the pharmacy to get some more in. The daycare still had their prescription. Our son took it upon himself to ask the daycare for his morning dose since we were "out" at home. The daycare only has permission to administer the afternoon dose. The assistance director, who usually gives him the medicine, gave him the additional dose without consulting me or my husband. Our son ended up having two doses within a 6 hour span. We know that it happened once and believe that it happened two more days. Luckily there was no medical reaction. We have reported the incident to DHR but would like to know if we should receive some type of monitary pay for the neglect and possible risk of our son's health?

The way I see it, you have no damages, so no monetary gain for you for "possible risk/neglect".

You only concern should be to get the daycare to change their way of doing things so that it does not happen again to your son or any other child. That is your responsibility as a good person AND a parent.

 

[rmet4nzkx]

In addition to what Panzertanker said, since your part of the perscription ran out, you should have gotten it refilled prior to this issue. Your child knew he was supposed to have the early dose and apparently wanted to be complient, the only one who is negligent is you. Even if he took a split dose one or two times, at 6 instead of 9 hours apart is not likely to have any permenant effect. In the future make sure you plan ahead.

 

[reviewphysician]

What is the name of your state? Alabama

My son is 7 years old and is on a medication that he has to take 2 times a day - once in the morning and once in the afternoon. The two doses are to be 9 to 12 hours apart. We give our the son the morning dose and his after-school daycare gives him the second one when he first arrives. Our son has been on Spring Break for the past 2 weeks. Therefore, he has been going all day to the daycare. We ran out of our part of the prescription and was waiting for the pharmacy to get some more in. The daycare still had their prescription. Our son took it upon himself to ask the daycare for his morning dose since we were "out" at home. The daycare only has permission to administer the afternoon dose. The assistance director, who usually gives him the medicine, gave him the additional dose without consulting me or my husband. Our son ended up having two doses within a 6 hour span. We know that it happened once and believe that it happened two more days. Luckily there was no medical reaction. We have reported the incident to DHR but would like to know if we should receive some type of monitary pay for the neglect and possible risk of our son's health?

Poor thing! You've got money on your mind . don’t you?. I don’t blame you. what with this current hike in gas prices. Any extra dollar will come really hand now.
Somewhere along the line there, probably, was a break down in communication between you and the day care center. the day care guy should have called you before giving the boy the medication. Even though there was a degree of negligence in your case yet no harm was done. You are only entitled to monetary compensation when you suffer an injury as a result of negligence

Dr Nwaizuzu ( www.reviewphysician.com )

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[lkc15507]

While I agree that the daycare should have consulted a parent prior to taking the word of a 7 year old, I would think that you should be appreciative that there was medication on hand for your son. You have said that he received an "additional" dose, yet the remainder of the post indicates it was actually replacement of a missed dose. Your concern then seems to be that the two prescribed doses were administered too close together--6 ours apart, vs. 9 to 12 hours apart. Although there are no absolutes for medications, in a general sense a missed dose is likely a greater risk than a dose being administered "too soon". Dosage times of medications are geared to provide the maximum effective blood levels of the medication without extreme high's and low's of that level. With rare exception, a missed medication dose or even variance of the administration times would not cause significant harm for most medications. If either occurrance happens repeatedly--missed doses or improper admin times--then the maximum effectiveness is impaired and harm may be the end result. I am in agreement that you should talk to the daycare about consulting with a parent prior to taking your son's word, be proactive if such ever happens again by asking / instructing them to administer missing doses, and assess how to avoid the situation rather than worry about the potential harm when none has been done as yet but could result in the future. I'm not trying to be nasty, but you do need to see your own responsibility in the entire situation.