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Paulos23
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 Posted - 06/23/2006 : 16:14:36
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This is a devepling story here, but this is just nuts.
http://tinyurl.com/zckvw
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Police say Tina Marie Carlsen took her 9-month-old son Riley Rogers from Seattle's Children's Hospital early Thursday morning, just as her child was due to have life-saving surgery. Authorities desperately search for Carlsen and the baby, who could die from kidney failure if he is not operated on soon. Detectives were exploring leads from Washington to Arizona, home of Carlsen's father Ralph.
“She came down here about a month ago with the father of the child,” said Ralph Carlsen, baby's grandfather. “And she was trying to find someone who could help her with the situation naturally."
Police say Carlsen had snuck her baby out of the hospital in a bag around 6 a.m. Thursday. Carlsen had allegedly arranged the covers in the child's bed to make it appear that he was still there.
Carlson told KING 5 News his daughter was quote:
exploring naturopathic medicine as a way to cure her son's kidney ailment.
And she couldn't get that kind of help at Seattle's Children's Hospital.
Bolding mine.
This is just nuts, first she gets the kid to the hospital. But then she freaks out about what they have to do to cure the kid and decides to try a "natural" aproach? I think it is a little late for that.
Maybe she did it to feel in control of the situation.
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Dr. Mabuse
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 Posted - 06/23/2006 : 17:35:33 [Permalink]
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| Since woo-woo ideas of medicine (and otherwise) isn't hereditary, natural selection won't weed out bad ideas from the population. This is the responsibility of the school and media: to educate the public about bad ideas. It works fairly well in my country. |
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Ricky
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Paulos23
Skeptic Friend
USA
446 Posts |
Posted - 06/23/2006 : 18:47:23 [Permalink]
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They keep changing the story in the link so things are moving, and people are worried.
I agree, you can teach people all the facts in the world, but you can't make them use them. |
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Zebra
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USA
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Posted - 06/23/2006 : 19:24:08 [Permalink]
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She didn't have custody of him, so it was more than just checking him in then changing her mind. I'm near Seattle; there's an "Amber Alert" out (public service announcements on TV, and electronic signs over freeways giving the make, model, and license plate, asking people to call 911 if they see it).
This Seattle Times story has some additional info, including the tidbit that she carried him out of Children's Hospital in a diaper bag.
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Paulos23
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 06/24/2006 : 10:29:04 [Permalink]
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Well all ends well, so far. They found the mom and the child before the child has gotten any worse.
http://www.kirotv.com/news/9421295/detail.html |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 06/24/2006 : 20:32:52 [Permalink]
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Good news:A statement released from Children's Hospital said that doctors did not believe Riley's health condition put him in imminent danger. Bad news:According to the statement, Children's Hospital staff met with Riley's parents to discuss his health and to decide on a course for his care. The hospital offered to provide alternative care treatments and therapies, including bringing in a naturopathic physician. Strange news:Police said the boy is a ward of the state and that his treatment was ordered by CPS. So if neither parent had legal custody, why were they even a part of the decision-making process about the boy's treatment? |
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 06/25/2006 : 13:28:41 [Permalink]
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| CPS case worker can be working with the family as I believe they are in this case. It's a tough one to educate a parent and provide proper care at the same time. Just because the parents are ignorant shouldn't mean we lose empathy for them. |
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Dave W.
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Posted - 06/25/2006 : 21:38:24 [Permalink]
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| I'm not sure if you're responding to me, b'gal, but rest assured that I've got plenty of empathy for the parents, especially the mother, who has obviously been fed lots of false-hope-generating lies about "natural" freakin' medicine - so many that any instinct she might have had for self-preservation was overcome by panic and desperation. |
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 06/27/2006 : 10:47:16 [Permalink]
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| We're on the same page then, Dave, and it was your post I was replying to. It was your "bad news" and the last comment that gave me the impression you didn't think the parents deserved to have any part at all in the process. |
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Wendy
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USA
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Posted - 06/27/2006 : 11:04:34 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
So if neither parent had legal custody, why were they even a part of the decision-making process about the boy's treatment?
It is possible (even probable) that the biological parents still have parental rights though they do not have custody of child. Parental rights of biological parents are terminated in an adoption, but they often are not terminated in a custody action. There are many reasons for this. The most common reason is that CPS hopes to assist the parent(s) in improving their situation/attitude/ability to care for the child, and ultimately to return the child to their care.
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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Posted - 06/27/2006 : 18:51:28 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by beskeptigal
We're on the same page then, Dave, and it was your post I was replying to. It was your "bad news" and the last comment that gave me the impression you didn't think the parents deserved to have any part at all in the process.
Oh, no! I see now! No, the "bad news" I was referring to was the fact that the Children's Hospital was offering to bring in quacks to help make medical decisions. Not that they were involving the parents, which I just thought was strange (but see below).quote:
Originally posted by Wendy
It is possible (even probable) that the biological parents still have parental rights though they do not have custody of child. Parental rights of biological parents are terminated in an adoption, but they often are not terminated in a custody action. There are many reasons for this. The most common reason is that CPS hopes to assist the parent(s) in improving their situation/attitude/ability to care for the child, and ultimately to return the child to their care.
Okay, that makes a lot of sense, thanks. |
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H. Humbert
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Posted - 06/27/2006 : 22:04:08 [Permalink]
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Not only do I feel this child's biological parents should have no say regarding his medical treatment, but I feel both parents should be forcibly sterilized so that they may no longer produce offspring.
And yes, I do see why this is an impossible solution. Just telling you how I feel.
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Wendy
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Posted - 06/28/2006 : 08:24:19 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by H. Humbert
Not only do I feel this child's biological parents should have no say regarding his medical treatment, but I feel both parents should be forcibly sterilized so that they may no longer produce offspring.
And yes, I do see why this is an impossible solution. Just telling you how I feel.
While I can't agree (for reasons you've stated you already know) I do sometimes think of this as a solution and wonder if it would be an improvement.
These situations are heartbreaking. I see cases where a child becomes a ward of the state all too often. In most instances, exhaustive attempts are made to assist the biological parent(s) in effective parenting skills. These attempts almost always fail.
CPS then places the child in what is considered to be the best environment possible, ideally (their standards, not mine) with a close relative. It's usually the grandparents. The problem there is, while they may not be abusive, per se, they raised the screwed up parent, and they are likely at least a part of the problem. History then repeats itself.
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beskeptigal
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Posted - 06/30/2006 : 01:32:35 [Permalink]
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| It would be a dull world, HH, if we started eliminating everyone who didn't think within the acceptable range of thought. |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 06/30/2006 : 09:34:17 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by beskeptigal
It would be a dull world, HH, if we started eliminating everyone who didn't think within the acceptable range of thought.
Yeah, nothing like letting parents kill their children with voodoo to add a little "spice" to life. 
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