Why don’t kids ever listen?

Posted on September 27, 2007
Filed Under Australia - The land down under, Stupidity and randomness, Breaking news, They never should have let me be a mother | 10 Comments

Today, I was barely in work for 10 minutes when I get a phone call from Brian.

“Connor has pricked himself with a syringe that he found on the way to school.”

After willing my stomach back into it’s usual position with great difficulty I managed to hear the whole story.

Apparently, on the way to school, Connor saw something shiny in the grass and without even thinking about it, he leaned down and picked it up at which point it jabbed him in the thumb. Upon realising what he was holding, he looked around further and saw the cap for it, which he placed on the syringe and then left it where he found it.

He told his teacher what had happened as soon as he got to school and they sent another teacher to retrieve the offending object and called Brian to advise us what had happened.

Brian then called the Medical Centre nearby who recommended that he go to Princess Margaret Hospital. When he called the hospital, they said it’s really not that urgent and to take him to the GP to get blood tests done to check for Hepatitis and H.I.V. among other things.

What a panic. I’ve been carrying my stomach in my knees most of the day and can’t help but worry about the slimmest of slim chances that he may have contracted something that could affect him the rest of his life and even the duration of his life!

I remember having many conversations about not touching strange objects on the way to and from school. We’ve been over it a million times! There have been syringes found before in the bush that borders the school as well as snakes and other nasties that could potentially be harmful.

“GO TELL A TEACHER .”

“DON’T TRY TO GET IT YOURSELF.”

“NEVER TOUCH ANYTHING THAT YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS.”

“NEVER STICK YOUR FINGERS WHERE YOU CAN’T SEE THEM.”

Now we have an agonizing week-long wait to get the results of the blood tests.
Why don’t kids ever listen?

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