A few words to Chameleons Montessori from a concerned mother.

I would just like to state a few facts.

1. My daughter was born in 1978. The only serious illness I can remember was chicken pox in Grade 3.
2. She started working at Chameleon’s in 2008. She hardly started, fell ill with “bronchitis”, and was very distressed because she had to take time off so soon after starting her new job. Anyone who knows her, would know what a dedicated teacher she is. She spent the whole of the June holidays with a broken rib due to excessive coughing. She lived on antibiotics which we now know, were of no use.
3. The situation became unbearable. I watched my daughter deteriorate and the coughing persisted. She could not even walk up the two flights of stairs to her own apartment. Her dancing, which is her passion and was much needed to supplemented her school income to survive, came to a halt.
4. Towards the end of 2009 we consulted a physician and after numerous blood tests she was diagnosed with inflammation of the lungs. Please note inflammation, NOT infection……not bronchitis!
5. She was advised not to return to the environment to see the effect it would have on her lungs. Steroids, cortisones and immune boosters were used.
6. I am a happy mother now. My child has regained her health fully. I am sad to read now that the school has been aware of this problem for so long.
7. After six months of living in extreme stressful circumstances i.e no permanent employment, repayment of a car and flat and HUGE medical bills, she has not even had as much as a cold.
   
   Makes you think, doesn’t it?

Laurette Albertyn