I am so up-set right now. Something told me to pick up my son from school today...had a feeling, mother's intution maybe. Well I didn't listen and now I feel horrible. I was at work when I got the phone call that my son had tripped and fell down while walking from school to the youth center to the after school program that he is in. and that he was bleeding from the head. I freaked out, left the office immediatly with out even telling my supervisor anything and rushed over to the youth center. When I got there one of the teachers was holding my 6 year old son and on the back of his head was a bloody wet paper towel being used to stop the bleeding. I was so scared and when I saw the blood, all I wanted to do was get him to the ER ASAP. I asked what happpened and they said he had tripped while walking. So I asked if he was running, and they said no. I then turned to my son and asked him what happened and he said he fell and when I asked him if he was running he said no. It didnt make sense if he was walking home that he could have gotten such an injury with so much blood. So I asked if they just made it back from the school and they said yes...I grabbed his book bag and we went straight to the ER. His head still bleeding we was put into a room quickly but the time spent waiting for the doc to come in was un-bearable. Seeing my son hurt, made me hurt. and he was crying. A nurse came in and gave us a clean gause for his head and I threw the wet bloody one away. The doc finally came in. I told the doc what I was told happened. But by then his head had stopped bleeding. and the doc looked at it and said that he was going to be ok, that he didnt need stiches and it was good that the bleeding stopped. But to monitor him for anyt strange behavior if so bring him back in. I guess I was expecting more. I asked if I needed to put anything on his head and I was told no. Just water to wash it away when he is in the shower. Well a few hours later me and my two kids were eating dinner when my son noticed there was blood on his chair from where he was playing and threw his head back playfully. I was so up-set thinking to bring him back to the hospital. Just then I recieved a phone call from the director of the youth center. She was calling to find out some more information and to see how my son was doing. She sounded a lil confused. The story she was given is that he was not with the group of kids at the time of injury and that he was on the other side of a 2 foot fence. This was not the story that I was given. The way they described it to me was that he was walking and tripped. Not that he was not with the group and not even on the same side of the fence. So she asked me to sit down with him and ask him again what happened and to give her a call back, she was very consirned and said it was safety issues. Well I did just that after hanging up the phone with her; there was a box of crayons on the table. So I put 1 in front of him and told him "this is the group, now put another crayon where you were at". So he did, his crayon was away from the group. Then I told him to use 3 more crayons for where the 3 teachers that were with the group. He put one in the front, one in the back, but still in front of him, and the last one to the side of the group. So then I asked why he was not in the group. He said he was sitting on a wooden fence because he saw a boy doing it and that he fell over the fence hitting his head on a rock! AND that one of the teachers saw him fall....so why did she not yell at him when she noticed he was not with the group to ketch up, why did the group leave with out making sure they had everyone. and why was I given a diffent version of the story. But it all made sense when the director called me to find out more because it did not make sense to her either. You dont trip and fall on the back of your head, at least everytime I've tripped I have fallen forward. So after calling the director back to tell her what my son said happened, she said that she wanted to see me tomorrow to talk about this. I was scared enough having to see my son bleeding the way he was and now enraged to find out that I was lied to about what happened. My sister is a child abuse, child neglet investorgator and she said that I need to find out about what I can do about getting what happened investigated. I am very sad that this has happened at all but they could have at least told me the truth. He has been sleep for almost 5 hours now and I have been monitoring him...making sure he had extra blankets and pillows around his head. In fact I can't sleep, I am in his room checking on him often. In fact I am in his room typing this right now. I have to get down to the bottonm of this on why they were not watching my child. Reguardless of the fact that true he shouldnt have been sitting on the fence in the first place, they have a JOB and they should have been watching him in the first place.

I would be so pissed. You totally have the right to find out more about the incident. I cant believe that the teachers lied to you!! they obviously wanted to cover themselves, but its not like you wern't going to find out anyway. I'm so sorry that happened to your son. Good luck with everything.

Here's the deal.....

I have worked with children in daycares and one thing we all need to remember is that any kind of head injury, even a MINOR one, will cause the head to bleed quite profusely. That's just how the head works. Your son probably had a cut about this big: -------- but caused it to bleed like it was cracked open. This is normal.

As for the teachers that were supposed to be watching him. It sounds like ONE of the teachers saw the situation and for whatever reason didn't tell the truth. Why? Who knows. Maybe he/she thought they would get in trouble. HOWEVER, the director is getting the story straight, correct? So, maybe there is an investigation on this certain teacher and she needed to meet with you so she could take action against this teacher.

I wouldn't be completely mad at ALL of the teachers. Give the director the benefit of the doubt and allow her to do her job investigating this situation. Also, why didn't your SON tell you the truth? Sounds like he lied as well....?

I had my head cracked open a bunch of times as a kid and never was taken to the doctor. I turned out ok #$(*%&#$ ignore that, it's the turrets.

I agree with what AZ said above, the director has shown that she's trying to do her job by investigating on her own accord. I would talk to her first, and share your concerns over the teacher who didn't tell the true story. Give her a chance to take matters up with that teacher.

I think your son probably told his lie because he thought he'd get in trouble for doing something he wasn't supposed to. I know I did that all the time when I was a kid... I'd be out doing risky stuff and get hurt, then I'd make up a story about how it happened.