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[quote=Anonymous]DD puts a pill in a Ziploc baggie and either puts it in her backpack or her lunch bag.  She'll quickly open it and take it at lunch or after lunch while in a bathroom stall.

She started doing this in 9th grade because her school doesn't have a blanket form I can fill out that says "yes, one week a month you can give my DD Midol without calling me for permission."  It never failed those first few months of 9th grade that she'd call when I was in a meeting or couldn't give permission.  And at that age, she was still firmly okay with suffering in silence rather than letting the nurse call DH for permission.

I consulted with other mom's and found that their kids did the same thing.  The trick seems to be not taking the bottle, which eliminates the rattling pill sound.  I've not heard of any of her classmates getting busted as they all seem to be discreet about taking meds.

The most trouble I ever got in while I was in HS was when I bypassed the school nurse and called my mom on the pay phone to come pick me up.  I had a horrible migraine and cramps fro my period and just wanted to go home.  Except I forgot to tell her that I wasn't calling from the nurse's office so she went there to pick me up when she arrived and I was busted.  The nurse was furious and walked me down to the principal's office and demanded I get a suspension.  By that point the room was spinning, my mom was yelling, the nurse was yelling, and the Principal was kind of just sitting there dumbfounded.  I spun to flee, the nurse grabbed my arm and yanked me back, which really angered my mom, and when I spun back to tell her I was going to be sick, vomit came out of my mouth instead of words.  Alllllll over.  Projectile.  The Principal's desk, the nurse, the Principal's lap, her ugly dusty fake plant, her files... it was glorious.  The office went silent and the Principal said, "Diane, she's clearly sick.  Let her mother take her home and we'll dole out punishments when she's well."

I had a meeting with the Principal and my mom a few days later and got lunch detention for 2 weeks for using the payphone during school hours.  Worth it.

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