It took some time with Google, but I was able to finally get past the news wire stories to some commentaries that actually talked about what was going on with the child's medical situation.
The "lifesaving surgery" the mother was trying to protect him from was the precautionary insertion of tubes and fittings to allow him to undergo dialysis *if he needed it.* Despite news reports that the child was in iminent danger, the hospital said that he wasn't. A woman nephrologist on the case had to call in Child Protective Services *three times* before she got an agent that would support her assertion of medical neglect. The first two supported the mom. It turns out the congenital kidney condition runs in her family. An adult relative never had any treatment for it and is healthy and normal today. Another relative had a kidney transplant that they regret, the articles say. Considering that the doctors were telling her from day one that the baby had little chance of survival, it appears that the mother's efforts with natural treatments (nutritional support, detoxifying baths, (get this!) a low-stress environment) have been turning out pretty well. Obviously that didn't set too well with certain people. I guess that low stress environment idea is shot to hell. http://www.helpbabyriley.com/ These two articles are from a stridently feminist web site some may have difficulty with, but is the only place I found the medical issues discussed in any detail: http://womensspace.wordpress.com/2006/06/25/travesty-patriarchal- medicine-strikes-mothers-again-free-tina-marie-carlsen/ http://womensspace.wordpress.com/2006/06/29/tina-marie-carlsen-freed/ Not a pretty situation. Be well, Mike D. > Freeze! Submit to surgery or we'll shoot! > > Sounds absurd, doesn't it? But a 34-year-old mother in Seattle has > been arrested, jailed and charged with "kidnapping" her own infant son > after she tried to rescue him from overzealous surgeons who demanded to > perform kidney surgery on the boy. > > "You do what I tell you to do, or I will have the police at the door, > taking that baby from you." That's what one doctor reportedly told the > woman, shortly before Child Protective Services took her baby away. > > Read the story that's fast becoming a national outrage: > http://www.newstarget.com/019512.html [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
