Pink Eye

So I go to pick the monkey up from daycare today and his teacher tells me that there's a case of pink eye going around. I don't think much of it, as I assume she just means "around the community," but then she goes on to tell me that a little girl had it at daycare today. They tried to call her mom to get her, but she wouldn't come pick her up because she's a teacher and couldn't leave. What the heck? I'm a teacher, too! If daycare called me to come get my kid I'd get someone to cover my classes and get my happy butt over there! Other kids could pick it up, not to mention the fact that my child would be miserable and need me. Evidently none of this occurred to this mother. I can't believe it! This daycare doesn't call for every little thing- only if the child has a contagious disease or has a fever of 102 or higher. I just don't understand. Maybe I'm overreacting, but if my son gets pink eye I'm going to flip. Stay tuned....