His side effects have pretty much gone away, no chest pain, he eats a lot better and sleeps better.

I need to vent though

I am so frustrated. My son was admittd to the hospital on 7/26/08 for vomiting blood. They did a scope on the 28th and said he had a tear in his esophagus and gastritis. He got discharged on 7/29/08. My son finally got to school this week 8/4/08. He missed all last week. I emailed his new teacher on the 7/28/08 and told her he would not be there because he was in the hospital. She emailed me back and said needs to be there and went on to say responsibility is a big part of 5th grade and part of responsibility is attendance. He was in the hospital, he couldn't just leave. So that upset me already. Then I emailed her on the 29th and said he was still in the hospital and asked if she could send all of his homework or missed work home with his brother. I didn't hear from her so I emailed and called her again. She called me back and in a very condescending way she said"I got all your 9 emails", I sent like 4. Then she said she sent his work home and told me what there was, two math assignments, reading 30 min a day, and a book report due on the 15th. I said thats it and she said yes but that they had done pretesting for math and spelling and learned some social studies stuff but she would probably not have time to do that with my son when he gets back because is so busy. She went on to say she is so busy she doesn't even get a lunch break because that is the only time the 5th grade teachers can have their meeting. I went to the principal with this and now she is upset with me. She keeps sticking up for her teacher. I told her I need a teacher that cares about my sons education and is willing to help him. The principal said I have some preconceived notion about his teacher and that I am completely wrong with what happened. It is so frustrating. Sorry to vent.