Thompson Drama

When I picked Jane up from school on Tuesday I found her nose and under her eye swollen and bruised. I found out later that she got kicked in the face by a girl on the monkey bars. It happened before school. Nobody from the school gave me a call to let me know she was injured. She had to go through the entire day of school with this injury, including PE. My poor baby Jane.

This was our last straw with this school. I knew I couldn't feel confident sending my children to school when I  didn't feel they were keeping them safe and communicating with me on serious matters like this one. I took Jane to the Dr. the next morning. Here's what it looked like on Day 2. These pictures don't really do it justice. It's much more colorful and awful in person.

I pulled all of the kids our of their current elementary school and put them in a school in our neighborhood. Bruce and Linda started the new school this morning. Jane is staying home to heal for one more day. She won't be doing recess or PE for a while until she is not so tender. Here's what Jane looks like today, Day 3 and a picture of the kids at their new school.

Bet you can guess the kinds of looks I've been getting when I'm out in public with Jane.
Linda was not looking forward to the new school, but when we got there she ended up being really excited. It was a new adventure and a new place to explore. Bruce played it cool. He headed out to morning recess trying to find some new friends. I'm anxious to hear how their day goes today.

Bruce's 9yr. Stats

Bruce had his 9yr. check up. He's healthy and strong.
Height: 54.5"  73rd percentile
So, tall, but not super tall.
Weight: 65 lbs.  53rd percentile
She said that's a good BMI for him.

His eyes were borderline as usual. But, I took him to get his eyes checked a few weeks back. The eye Dr. also said he's borderline but not bad enough for glasses. His eyes could actually improve in the future. So, no glasses for now. Yeah!

Jane's 6yr. Stats

They forgot to write down the height and weight at Jane's physical but they did write down the percentiles.
weight: 61st percentile      
height: 93rd percentile

They xrayed her pinkie to see if the break had healed, and it still hasn't. :( It's been 4 weeks. It's not bothering her as much anymore because all of the swelling and almost all of the bruising is gone. They're sending her xray to another Dr. for a second opinion to see if he thinks it's just going to take more time to heal or if further action needs to be taken to help it heal.

Jane was so sweet tonight. I have been telling her that it would be 4 weeks until her finger was healed. She knows tomorrow marks 4 weeks. In her prayers tonight she prayed that her finger would be fixed in the morning. I hope it works. :)