My Ten Year Old Daughter Collapsed At School And What The Nurse Urged Us To Hear Changed Everything

on a Tuesday afternoon. I was at St. Mary’s, mid-shift, preparing an IV line in the pediatric ward, when my phone rang. The school nurse.

“Mrs. Johnson, Emma collapsed in the middle of her classroom. She’s conscious but her vitals are very weak. You need to get her to an emergency room immediately.”

My training overrode my panic. I handed my charts to continue reading …