What a day

Have you ever had one of those days where one unexpected, somewhat stressful thing happens and the whole day is shot? Today is one of those days. In my first hour, I have a student that has frequent seizures. I've always lived in fear that he'd have a seizure in my class. Well, today was the day. We were playing a review game, and I looked at him and he was twitching. Now, this student is Samoan, plays football, and is not little. Immediately I had to get him out of the desk and onto the floor. I found myself with superhuman strength (not really) and moved the desk, and pulled the student to the floor. He started seizing pretty bad, and I had one of my students (bless her heart) call the office. Pretty soon we had the school nurse, the head secretary, the student's sister, the paramedics, and the fire department in my classroom. Needless to say, my first hour didn't do much today. In high school, I took a first responder course and learned a bunch (thanks Miss King) of first aid stuff. I also worked as a nurse aid (which stunk) so I knew what to do. Whew. What a day.