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re: Can someone give some cliff notes on Justina Pelletier

Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:35 am to
Posted by Dorothy
Munchkinland
Member since Oct 2008
18153 posts
Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:35 am to
From what I've read:

--girl was diagnosed with rare mitochondrial disorder a while back by Tufts Medical center
-- was brought into Boston Children's hospital for the flu, and the docs there decided she actually didn't have this mitochondrial disorder, but instead some other psychiatric disorder which made her invent the physical symptoms
--parents disagreed, BCH got DCFS involved, and basically got the girl committed without her parents' consent
--parents have had limited visitation with the girl

Seems like a lot of info is missing, possibly due to patient privacy laws and the hospitals not being able to talk about the case...everything you hear is from the parents' side, although now they have a gag order.

If this IS a case of parents not doing anything wrong, it's sad to think that this could happen in America.

(Sorry if I messed up some of the details, I haven't paid that close attention to the case.)
This post was edited on 2/25/14 at 11:35 am
Posted by SmackDaniels
Gulf Breeze, FL
Member since Mar 2007
15146 posts
Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:40 am to
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although now they have a gag order.


OK this is messed up.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78778 posts
Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:41 am to
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If this IS a case of parents not doing anything wrong, it's sad to think that this could happen in America.

you clearly missed the story about the cops busting a girl's parents for smoking pot (while she was in bed asleep), took her away and the foster home caretaker murdered her.
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