“Munchhausen by proxy” is a psychological pathology of the caretaker, NOT the patient. It’s where the caretaker of the patient does things to simulate sickness in the patient, forcing unneeded medical treatments. MA and the Dr in charge at BCH claims that there’s not anything wrong with the girl.
However Tufts University hospital diagnosed her AND HER OLDER SISTER with mitochondrial syndrome. The problem was that a doctor who had treated her for something else moved from Tufts to BCH, and when her Dr at Tufts felt that she needed to see the other Dr, her parents took her to BCH, and that’s when things went all to hell.
I’ve heard that BCH has not let her former Dr that she was sent to see for an unrelated illness even treat her.
This girl has deterorated incredibly in the last year. A year ago she was ice skating, now she’s confined to a wheel chair.
Mark
I thought BCH is taking the stance that the mother has Munchausen’s and the girl has psychological issues because of that. I thought that was why the parents time allowed with her is so restricted and custody was given to the state. If that is not the path the doctor at BCH and CPS are on then I do not see how they can do the things they have done.