x-post - update on Gregory - Grrrr......

April 13, 2006

[font=Arial]Hi. Well some of you know that we were able to have Gregory this past Sunday. We were not able to take him to our home - but we were able to spend the day with him. We were also able to share him with both sets of our parents, and a few family and friends.[/font]

[font=Arial]Gregory had a "goose egg" on his forehead (lower part close to the eyes). Gregory's birth [url="http://forums.adoption.com/showthread.php?p=1330786#"] style=" color:rgb(0,117,0);"[font=Arial][font=Arial]mom[/font][/font][/url] told me Friday the phone (I had to call to set up the pick-up time) that he had fell off of his small bike (big wheel type) and hit the pedal of his sister's bike. The parents never took him to the Dr.[/font]

[font=Arial]I emailed Gregory's caseworker on Monday morning and told her that Gregory had a goose egg on this forehead. I said that I wanted to know when someone saw him last. I told her that we were letting her know about his injury - because we didn't want anyone to think he had gotten injured with us.[/font]

[font=Arial]I had not received a response from the caseworker, so I emailed her this morning to get an update. Below (in blue print) is what she sent me:[/font]

[font=Arial]Hi Christina: I was gone yesterday. I saw Greg on Tuesday--he has been to the doctor. He has a hematoma but it's okay because it is on the outside. It may take a couple months to go down and as it drains, his eyes will be black. [/font]

[font=Arial]We are thinking that this sounds like "medical neglect". He was taken to the Dr. - after our Sunday visit - after we emailed the caseworker. He wasn't even taken to the Dr. until Monday or Tuesday - and the accident happened on Wednesday or Thursday. Please keep Gregory in your thoughts and prayers. He was returned to his parents on March 27th. The following week is when this injury happened.[/font]

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[font=Arial]I responded by sending the caseworker the following (in blue print) this morning:[/font]

[font=Arial]I don't care how it happened - if they say he hit a bike pedal - then so be it - BUT - why did they not take him to the Dr.? Scott and I almost took him on Sunday - but were fearful that we would get into trouble!!![/font]

[font=Arial]I think this issue needs to be addressed. I think a report needs to be written up. He was in the home with his parents less than two weeks and he as an accident and yet they can't take him to the Dr.? I am not saying that Gregory would not have had the same thing happen here - but we would have taken him the the Dr. [/font]

[font=Arial]Grrrr.......if this accident happened in our care as foster parents - we might have gotten into trouble by NOT taking him to the Dr. But the birth parents - no problem. Oh, I might add that the parents receive Medicaid for Gregory so it wouldn't have cost them one red cent!![/font]

[font=Arial]Christina[/font]

ibdawnk

April 20, 2006

Christina,

I am so sorry! Your post made me cry. I am going to pray for you and for Gregory today and every time I think of it. We had a baby that was returned to her mom and it was not long before she was in the hospital with a dislocated shoulder and a broken collarbone. She was not removed from her mom for that. WE could not believe that. It sounds like you are still fighting for Gregory...keep that up if you can. I don't know your situation or caseworker so just take this for what it is worth but my only regret about her at this time is that I did not fight harder. I was scared of her caseworker getting upset with me and I just plain did not fight for her hard enough.

I will pray for Gregory.

Dawn