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Teen Piercing Sparks Near-Fatal Infection
The Washington Post ^ | August 9, 2005 | BROOKE DONALD

Posted on 08/09/2005 11:26:24 AM PDT by yoe

A 13-year-old was in critical condition and her mother faced criminal charges Monday for failing to get medical help after the girl's attempt to pierce her own belly button caused a severe infection lasting weeks.

By the time Deborah Robinson's daughter was taken to the hospital last week, the former middle school track runner weighed about 75 pounds and was near death, authorities said.

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This comes under the heading "People do the dumbest things!". The girl's mother probably wouldn't PAY for her daughter to have her navel pierced.....sooooo, the Mother is a target for her daughter's stupidity.

What's it all about Alfieeeeeee

1 posted on 08/09/2005 11:26:26 AM PDT by yoe
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A court psychiatrist testified that Robinson had signs of paranoia and a distrust of doctors.

Well a distrust of doctors isn't always a bad thing! ;)

2 posted on 08/09/2005 11:28:47 AM PDT by RushCrush (The mediocre always throw stones at the brilliant.)
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"A court psychiatrist testified that Robinson had signs of paranoia and a distrust of doctors"

Thats because the doctors are out to get her.


3 posted on 08/09/2005 11:33:02 AM PDT by conservativewasp (Liberals lie for sport and hate their country.)
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To: yoe

> By the time Deborah Robinson's daughter was taken to the hospital last week, the former middle school track runner weighed about 75 pounds

I can see it now: "Like, OMIGAWD! What a *fabulous* new diet!!"


4 posted on 08/09/2005 11:33:09 AM PDT by orionblamblam ("You're the poster boy for what ID would turn out if it were taught in our schools." VadeRetro)
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To: yoe
Note to daughter: "Don't pierce your naval."

Why anyone would pierce, tattoo, or not shave his face is beyond me.

5 posted on 08/09/2005 11:33:59 AM PDT by Cobra64
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To: yoe
But wait, in many states a 13YO girl can get an abortion without parental consent, but it's a heinous crime for a 13YO girl to get her navel pierced.

What is wrong with that picture?

6 posted on 08/09/2005 11:34:55 AM PDT by Mister_Diddy_Wa_Diddy
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To: yoe

A loooong time ago I worked at Spencer Gifts and a customer came in who said she was going to pierce her own tongue. She never came in after that...hmmm...


7 posted on 08/09/2005 11:35:59 AM PDT by retrokitten (www.retrosrants.blogspot.com- freshly updated!!)
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To: Cobra64

Luckily, the girl's belly button is not on her face.

That would be really weird.


8 posted on 08/09/2005 11:36:19 AM PDT by wingnutx (tanstaafl)
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To: Cobra64
Why anyone would pierce, tattoo, or not shave his face is beyond me.

The only thing I hate more than shaving my face is having hair all over my face! :) With that combination, I end up shaving about every 4-5 days. Which means that there's lots of hair, and a tough shave, which reinforces all of my dislike of shaving. I'm lost in a vicious cycle!

9 posted on 08/09/2005 11:38:31 AM PDT by MarineBrat (We are taxed twice as much by our idleness. -- Benjamin Franklin)
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"The girl's mother probably wouldn't PAY for her daughter to have her navel pierced.....sooooo, the Mother is a target for her daughter's stupidity."

I guess you're not from the Boston area, and not familiar with this case. The mother kept the girl from getting any medical attention for weeks, the infection spread and caused damage to several organs, when they found the girl she lost 75 pounds and was near death.

This is from a Boston Herald article"

"Deborah Robinson, 38, a single mother with no phone, no job and no health insurance."
"Experts said the 13-year-old girl may have suffered ``incredible pain'' for as long as a month from pneumonia, starvation and ``widespread abscesses'' ravaging her abdominal cavity. "

10 posted on 08/09/2005 11:41:54 AM PDT by Panerai
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To: yoe
Ladies and gents,

Before you laugh too heartily at this Post piece, you might want to know there's a lot more to the story than what's represented here. Excerpted:

Deborah Robinson didn't call a doctor, prosecutors said yesterday, when her daughter botched an attempt to pierce her own belly button and a life-threatening infection set in. She didn't call one when the girl, in excruciating pain, took to the living room couch three weeks ago and basically stopped eating or moving, prosecutors said. And she didn't call when her daughter lost control of her bowels; instead, prosecutors say, Robinson put her 13-year-old in diapers.

Robinson told a court psychologist yesterday that she was afraid that a doctor would sexually abuse her daughter. The 38-year-old Hyde Park resident, charged Saturday with child neglect after paramedics found her daughter emaciated and near death last week, was ordered held without bail yesterday until a more complete psychiatric evaluation is conducted to determine whether she is competent to stand trial.

West Roxbury District Court Judge Robert N. Tochka ordered the evaluation after the court psychologist testified that Robinson was showing signs of mental illness, including paranoia.

Robinson's daughter, meanwhile, underwent another in a series of surgeries at Boston Medical Center to stem the infection and treat numerous abscesses in her abdomen, prosecutor David Deakin said. She remained in critical condition. The Globe is withholding the girl's name to protect her privacy.

Robinson listened attentively but with little emotion as Deakin described what state social service officials have called one of the most shocking cases of neglect in years.

Last week, paramedics found her daughter, a tall girl wasted away to about 75 pounds, lying on the living room couch wearing a diaper, despondent, and with no detectable blood pressure. Doctors diagnosed her with sepsis, a bloodstream infection that would have caused ''incredible pain" within 24 hours of onset. Deakin said she could have been sick for as long as four weeks.


11 posted on 08/09/2005 11:44:22 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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Awful. Just awful. I assume the girl is still in a lot of danger of succumbing to the infection. The mother is sick, sick, sick.


12 posted on 08/09/2005 11:49:57 AM PDT by cvq3842
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To: MarineBrat
Which means that there's lots of hair, and a tough shave, which reinforces all of my dislike of shaving. I'm lost in a vicious cycle!

At least you get to stand up and shave. We women have to bend over and pray the blood doesn't rush to our heads causing us to black out, fall hit our heads on the tub and drown under the spray of the shower. :-)

13 posted on 08/09/2005 11:51:59 AM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: yoe
I don't know about the rest of you folks but women who pierce, not counting ear lobes, and/or have tattoos leave me a bit unsettled. Maybe I am getting to old.
14 posted on 08/09/2005 11:55:35 AM PDT by duckman (I refuse to use a tag line...I mean it.)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

I trust the little girl will be taken away from her so-called mother. It's so sad to realize how many sick and/or evil people have control over their children's lives.


15 posted on 08/09/2005 11:56:12 AM PDT by American Quilter
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To: Panerai

She lost 75 pounds, and weighed 75 pounds when she was admitted to the hospital. Was she really running track at 150 pounds?


16 posted on 08/09/2005 11:56:46 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Impeach Judge Greer - In memory of Terri <strike>Schiavo</strike> Schindler - www.terrisfight.org)
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To: pbrown

I will admit that I'd rather shave my face than any other part of myself. :)


17 posted on 08/09/2005 12:01:52 PM PDT by MarineBrat (We are taxed twice as much by our idleness. -- Benjamin Franklin)
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To: yoe

This is just horrible. If this young lady recovers (and I certainly pray she does) the state should send her to live with a relative -- not back to live with that irresponsible mother.


18 posted on 08/09/2005 12:09:20 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Cobra64

Apparently your mind doesn't go very far. I would imagine just about everything is "beyond" you.


19 posted on 08/09/2005 12:11:53 PM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: Panerai

Geez louise,
That's captial abuse!


20 posted on 08/09/2005 12:14:55 PM PDT by najida (I officially have a home-- ~~sigh~~ with ice cubes even.)
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