Diarrhea and sick policy

[AmandaKDT]

Yes, she caught me off guard this morning. The kids were already undressed and off playing, and she mentioned the 5 poops and the diaper rash pretty much as she was walking out the door. The girl seemed fine and didn't have a poop until late morning, she was playing happily and eating normally. Then it all went down hill so quickly in the early afternoon. Who knows if she medicated her before bringing her.

They are a nice family and the mom just told me yesterday that she and her husband have officially separated (he hasn't been living at home since the summer but they hadn't told me anything more than he had to go away for work). So it was in my thoughts to feel bad for the mom when she brought them this morning, she has the two kids pretty much full time all by herself, her husband is in another town 2 hours away and only comes to see the kids about once a month.

I know their home situation doesn't excuse dropping off a sick child, but it would have been really hard for me to tell her to take her child home this morning unless she was by obviously sick.

But she isn't coming tomorrow, so we will see how things are on Friday