Posted on 05/01/2012 3:47:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
Authorities say a Washington mother repeatedly put bleach into her toddler daughter's eyes, causing permanent vision loss in child's right eye, Q13 Fox reports.
29-year-old Jennifer Mothershead pled not guilty to charges of first-degree child assault Monday.
Authorities say Mothershead was given antibiotics and eye drops in March 2011 for her toddler daughter after the child came to a local hospital with an eye issue. Mothershead told doctors her daughter had scratched her eye while playing in a barn, according to Q13 Fox.
Authorities claim Mothershead's then-14-month-old daughter was airlifted to the hospital with a serious head injury in May 2011. Authorities grew concerned when Mothershead reportedly had no explanation for what had happened.
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I’m not defending this woman at all, but I am curious, did she do this with the intent to harm, or was she so ignorant that she figured Chlorine will kill the infection and cheaper than meds?
If she knew fully well that what she was doing and was doing it to harm, there may not be a level of hell bad enough for her. IF this is an incident of ingorant behavior, it will not restore her daughter’s sight, but it was not done with the intent of harm.
Time will tell what is going on with this, and no its not beyond the pale someone could be so cruel to their own child intentionally, but I want to hear more than what we are seeing here.
will the child ever be able to see?
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