Hopeless Dork

Tragic. But fortunately for you and makenzie the medical field is a lot more aware of munchausen by proxy than they ever were before.

As the first dr noticed - more will as well - she may try taking her to various er's and doctors as repeated visits are certain to raise eyebrows as they did with the doc that dropped her.

Perhaps you guys can look into whether or not the girl has been seen by other local hospitals and clinics etc in the surrounding areas as well.

Start collecting documents of all her appts what they were for , dates, drs findings and treatments given.

Keep records of dates she cancels visits, her reasons etc.

Visit the school she attends - speak to teachers and the nurse get info on how she behaves school if she's ever had illness there, how many days missed etc.

Contact other friends and family and get their statements on how the child behaves without the mom- if she ever gets sick or not etc.

Get a lawyer, a child advocate fighting on behalf of the safety of this child.

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happy ending

i agree with HD, it will be a long process but you need a paper trail and basically proof. sadly meanwhile that poor little girl suffers, its a sick and sorry situation, good luck with everything.

OhThereYouAre

Anyone wonder why health insurance is so expensive?

Look no further.

This woman needs to be stopped. Not only is she endangering that child, she is running up tens of thousands of dollars in unnecessary medical expenses.

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Miya

OTYA I agree the woman is just running up expenses unnecessarily and really endangering her child, HOWEVER , well I have to question this when I see salaries of doctor friends and hear of them being chewed out sometimes by administrators who complain that they're not scheduling enough operations and that "an empty theater is lost profit." As with any issues, there are so many facets to consider.

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Hopeless Dork

Rach said shes on the medical card which I assume means medicaid. Maybe if she was paying out of her own pockets she'd not go as much. The scary part for me is how she started with faking illness to get your husbands attention and when that didn't work, the kid started getting "sick".

She sounds dillusional and dangerous, her being under a microscope -- knowing that you guys think she's making stuff up -- I worry she might try to actually CAUSE an illness so that she doesn't look like she's been lying. Scary stuff.

Don't give up with child protective services. Unfortunately they are SWAMPED... cases get swept, don't let mackenzie get swept. Take her to court for her violating custody agreement, present the evidence you've gathered that you feel the child may be in harms way. A child advocate can help you gather it, subpeona medical records etc.

Whatever you do, get that paper trail started. Make sure your husband contacts your childs doctor and lets them know his concerns so that they will rely more on facts than just the mothers word... like admitting the child for observation for seisures vs just taking moms word for it and putting her on meds.

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Defintion of Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein