Posted on 11/01/2015 6:54:40 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Tiffany Cherry only wanted the best possible care for sick baby. And despite the fact that her concern triggered an Amber Alert and sent her to prison, she has no regrets. After all, heâs getting better.
As WBZ News reports, Cherry had taken her two-month-old son Qavai to an emergency clinic in Pennsylvania, where a nurse told her that Qavai was dehydrated and told Cherry to take her son to an emergency room.
But as far as Cherry was concerned, there was only hospital she trusted to take care of her baby.
âI brought him to Boston because Boston Childrenâs is where he needed to be,â she told WBZ. âEverything in me told me âTiffany, go get your baby to Boston Childrenâs Hospital.'â
Dissatisfied with the care available in Pennsylvania, Cherry got in a car and drove four-and-a-half hours to Boston Childrenâs Hospital, widely regarded as one of the best in the country.
âI was not comfortable with the level of care my child was receiving. I would do anything for my children,â said Cherry.
At Boston Childrenâs, doctorâs diagnosed Qavai as having issues with his esophagus and white blood count. The dehydration issue cited by the nurse in Pennsylvania was a misdiagnosis from a nurse who, âlooked at my son for ten seconds and didnât know what she was looking at,â said Cherry.
Unfortunately, when Cherry left Pennsylvania without taking her son to the hospital mentioned by that nurse, she triggered an Amber Alert. According to the Boston Globe, Pennsylvania allows an Amber Alert (usually used in cases of child abduction) to be issued in situations where a childâs health or life is endangered. Though Cherry drove her baby to the ERâas instructed by a nurseâher decision to pick a different hospital led to her arrest in Boston. Cherry is currently in custody, fighting to get her children back.
âThey are my life. I deserve them back and they deserve their mommy,â she told WBZ.
Cherry says that sheâs especially protective of her children after the devastating loss of her first child, who was stillborn in 2009. Having them taken away from her now has been very difficult.
âIt hurts. It hurts. It hurts,â she sobbed.
However, the news that Qavai is getting better made it all worth it. While Cherry says that she thinks Pennsylvania authorities âjumped the gunâ on the Amber Alert, she would do it all again for her little boy. And sheâs more certain than ever that she did the right thing.
âIâm so thankful to Boston Childrenâs Hospital may have saved my sons life,â said Cherry.
Cherry is now facing a number of legal problems as the result of her trip to Boston, but her first priority is getting custody of her children again. Her lawyer has argued that this was not a proper use of an Amber Alert, while others are hoping that the courts will see fit to reunite the devoted mother with her family.
âShe is a great mother,â her niece, Tarshi Cherry, told the Boston Globe. âItâs her whole life.â
The Regional Medical Center in Memphis AKA THE MED has 3 parts, 2 are top notch. 1) Elvis Presley Trauma Center best in the tri state, it is used by the tri state area 2) NIC U unit best in the tri state also. To bad it’s hard to get Miss. and Ark to pay their welfare share bills. Leaves the hospital in the red and the Memphis tax Serfs to pick up the cost.
The rest of the hospital and ER suck with illegals, welfare queens, and staff, MERS, Norwalk, you name it infections. Not fit for a human being. Rude employees to boot.
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is the best in the area, then we have St Jude’s Cancer hospital for children.
Niece a couple of years ago took her small daughter to the local hospital, nurse said it was just an ear ache, no treatment, Pigeon Forge area. Grandma, my sis knew better, she made her daughter take the baby to another hospital, turns out she had spinal meningitis and spent nearly a month in the hospital. She nearly died, fever of 105 which is very dangerous in a small child. Took days to get it down, they did not know if she would be ‘normal’ after wards, but thank GOD she came through it OK.
You do what you have to for your children when they are sick if you love them.
Exactly. No one. Her child, her decision where to seek further medical treatment. I don't necessarily agree with her choice, but the child is her son so she gets to make that choice.
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