<p>Last summer, I got a phone call 6 AM from the dean of students (something like that) that our son got mugged at 2 AM, got hurt, and landed at the hospital. She made it clear that there was no emergency. Since he was unconscious for a while, and his phone was stolen, he couldn’t call himself earlier. </p>
<p>It’s a very scary feeling. We ended up not flying out, but that was the first time I really wished he went to school nearby… </p>
<p>Ever since, he became really cautious, and ALWAYS calls for an escort (!!!) service from campus police when he has to walk late night from the library to his apartment. (His school is an urban school).</p>
<p>PS. though there was no emergency, his orbital bone was damaged, and they had to “harvest” some bone materials from his ribs and transplant them to the orbital circle. He did have to have a surgery that required general anesthesia, but that was a week later… All is well now. Meanwhile, I saw the insurance statement, this whole affair cost $30K (not that we had to pay any of it)…</p>
<p>Yea, at our kids’ U, we were told they would have to call 911 if they needed overnight care or after hours care. Alternatively, they were told they could seek care at the unversity hospital. They had no infirmary but they did have urgent care services with some weekend hours.
Just looked at my alma mater & it no longer has infirmary care either. I know I did use infirmary care when I was a student in the 70s/80s. It had food poisoning once and had mono another time. Was very happy they were there, especially because the mono was during finals week my 1st year in college. Don’t think anyone wanted to rush to my aid & compromise their grades.</p>
<p>Your D has good timing, LOL! This is early in the term & shouldn’t interfere with anyone’s midterms, finals or major projects. Glad she’s in the US rather than overseas now.</p>
<p>Wow, hyeonjlee, glad your S is OK now, but WOW! Nasty that he was knocked unconscious as well! Having to have surgery to transplant bone too–that sounds like it was a heavy blow to your S. Glad he’s made adjustments and still OK at his campus. Urban settings do have pros & cons. Good that the dean of students followed up with you.</p>
<p>hyeonjlee, that must have been awful–certainly sounds like an ‘emergency’ to me.</p>
<p>donnal, I’m sorry that you had that experience with your dad…so interesting to hear how different people think and percieve things. I’m assuming he never meant to be insensitive but I bet that was incredibly difficult for you.</p>
<p>Thank you again for all the encouraging words and well wishes. I am feeling fortunate that my D is living in her sorority house–if you can’t be home, I think being in D’s set up is just about the best alternative.</p>
Glad she’s in the US rather than overseas now.</p>