Keeping the inhaler locked in a room is risky, because asthma episodes aren’t always anticipated. However, the school continued to confiscate Ryan’s additional inhaler.
According to Ryan’s mother, she received many calls from the school requesting that she pick up an inhaler that Ryan had taken to class. He was not permitted to take it home.
Sandra Gibbons told CBC, “You would give him an inhaler, but he would get caught with the inhaler and then it would be taken away.” After that, I would get a call. In fact, it was rather annoying.
I couldn’t figure out why. I was unaware of the policy’s explicit requirement that the prescription medicine be kept in the office. Thankfully, Ryan’s untimely demise wasn’t in vain.
Since Ryan’s passing, his mother has promised to do all in her power to save another family from experiencing what she did. Sandra Gibbons began a petition after the burial, urging all three parties.
