Venting and Advice

After reading about the woman and her teacher and the advice you all gave I felt compelled to tell you all my story and to get your input and advice. My child goes to a daycare four days a week. I love the place and am very happy with their care of my child so far. A couple of weeks ago my child was diagnosed with a mild ear infection. She was on an antibiotic and got better. four days of being off the antibiotic the day care said they thought she had thrush, which I know can happen as a result of being on the antibiotic. I took her to the doctor and she said she saw no signs of thrush. four days later the day care brought it up again. I checked and saw nothing. two days later they said they saw it in the diaper area. I checked her when I got home and saw very small traces in the corners of the mouth and a couple of spots in the diaper area. I called the doctor immediately and got medication. I kept my child home for 5 days and went back to day care this week.

Now my frustration. I know thrush is contagious that is why I kept my child home. There is a child at daycare that is taking the purple stuff as a "preventative" so the day care tells me because his mother and hehave been exchanging thrush through breastfeeding. I have noticed hte purple stuff around his mouth for over two months. I asked my doctor if my child got the thrush from the antibiotic use or from the child at daycare. she said that both were possible but my child had been off antibiotics for 10 days before I noticed the thrush. She said that the children would have to be sharing bottles or pacis for her to get it from another child. I explained that this was not happening but that it was possible that both children may have shared toys in the mouth and could she get it this way. My doctor said it could be possible that even if the child is on antibiotics if the thrush is there it is contagious. I mentioned my concerns about the child to the daycare administrator. That is when theytold me the boy is taking the purple stuff as a "preventative" that his doctor said he was not contagious. I said that my doctor said that he could be contagious. The administrator said that now she had conflicting diagnosis. I mentioned that it might be in her best interest and the interest of the other children to get a third opinion to find our who was correct. She said that she would do a search of all the other children and see if anyone else had it that my child may have gotten it from but did not believe it was from this one child. I was never contacted regarding the results of the search or if they had gotten a third opinion. Other important info....the child in question, his mother is a teacher there as well as two aunts and two family friends. The administrator alsosaid that she has had conflicting informaiton form my pediatrician before and feels that my docrot has her own agenda regarding her diagnosis' and does not respect her opinion.

My quetions: Do you feel that it is the day care administrators responsiblilty to get the third opinion to protect the other children? Do any of you know if thrush is contagious while a child is on medication? Are any of you willing to ask your pediatrition and find out for me if my doctor is right?

My anger is that I do not htink they did anything after I brought it to their attention due to the employee relationship. That nothing wassaid to me regarding their followup on the issue. That the daycare had the audacity to voice thier opinion and bad mouth my pediatrician. Am I over reacting? I just want to protect my child and the other children in daycare. That is why I kept my child home for five days. I just feel helpless and do not want to jeapordize my childs care or their care for my child if I pursue this further. Your advice, help, opinions, and input will help me out very much. Thank you.