After she began to complain of headaches and pain in the hand, the mother learned that her 16-year-old daughter inserted a contraceptive implant in school.
Nicole Lambert has shown a daughter to the pediatrician. The doctor found that 3-year contraceptive daughter was incorrectly implanted in the arm of the girl and it should be removed.
As reported by the manufacturer of the implant, it is introduced from the inner side of the forearm. However, the girl introduced the implant closer to the back side of the hand. The doctor advised to remove the implant in order to avoid possible complications, including blood clot.
«I immediately started crying. Your child could be anything, and you don’t even know what’s going on, it’s a terrible feeling,» admitted the mother of a teenager.
A tiny tube was removed a few days later.
The girl’s mother continues: «I went to school. I was furious. I was angry, so I went to school and the nurse told me «I don’t have anything with You to discuss.» I say, «This is my child, I take care of this child, You can talk to me about my child», and they kicked me out of school.»
Lambert is not against the prevention of unwanted pregnancies among adolescents. Statistics show that over the last 10 years in Baltimore, the number had fallen to 69%. However, she doesn’t like the fact that school nurses unfamiliar with the procedure of implant introduction, conduct invasive procedures. She turned to the lawyer.
«Mrs. Lambert was not given the opportunity to choose a physician that is comfortable for her daughter, who would have passed the rigorous training whose medical experience would be known to her,» said David Ledyard, the attorney representing Lambert.
In addition to issues relating to nurses school, she also wants to know why her permission is required for other things, but then it doesn’t warn you. «They call me about paracetamol, but did not call about the contraceptive implant,» said Nicole.
Lambert is satisfied that the implant is removed, but is worried about what other students and parents can guess.
«Other children may go through similar things, and their parents don’t know about it. And I think children who incorrectly inserted the implant, you need to check, because with them anything can happen,» said a mother of a teenager.
