I know that this is Glenn’s cause célèbre, but I am not able to make any kind of a judgment on this case. Has the girl been examined by independent physicians, and have they performed the proper diagnostic tests?
A parent committing Munchausen by proxy can appear to be very loving and concerned about his or her gravely ill child, even though he or she is causing the illness. Often, the spouse is unaware of the situation and believes the child to be genuinely ill.
The research rules involving children seem pretty standard. Children cannot legally consent to being research subjects, but they must be able to agree with being part of research if they are capable of speech. Without their cooperation, the research cannot be done. The laws are pretty clear on this point.
When a child is taken away from an abusive parent they should get better. This child is deteriorating because the Boston Children's took her of all her meds. She went into the hospital walking and is now in a wheel chair.
It's insanity. Which makes sense since it's taking place in Boston.
I’m tending towards ‘Something else isn’t being said. The situation is clearly obnoxiously cruel to the child and the parents. Public outcry and the attention this must have gotten in the news media over the last several weeks. There must be some higher form of government interference here.
The daughter was diagnosed with mitochondrial disease at Tufts. The daughter then got sick with the flu last year and had to go to Boston Childrens. Tufts and Boston Childrens disagreed on the diagnosis and Boston Childrens accused the parents of medical abuse and got the DFC (that's what its called in Illinois). The DFC took the child away and the court instituted a gag order.