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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMom charged with putting bleach in her toddler's eyes
By JoNel Aleccia
A 29-year-old Washington state woman was charged Monday with first-degree child abuse after doctors said she nearly blinded her toddler daughter by replacing the childs antibiotic eyedrops with household bleach.
Jennifer Lynn Mothershead of Buckley, Wash., was arrested Friday after a nearly yearlong investigation that revealed that she inflicted severe eye and head injuries on the child, court documents show. She was held by Pierce County officials in lieu of $150,000 bail.
The childs injuries were recounted earlier this month in a medical journal in which doctors at Seattle Childrens Hospital revealed they treated the girl for nearly two months and may have missed signs of abuse.
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Of course we felt guilty, we knew from very early on that she had this, said Dr. Avery H. Weiss, of the Roger Johnson Clinical Vision Laboratory at Seattle Childrens. But we were reluctant to implicate the mother until we were 100 percent sure.
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http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/30/11477143-mom-charged-with-putting-bleach-in-her-toddlers-eyes
Investigators say it does not appear to be Munchausen's Syndrome.
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Mom charged with putting bleach in her toddler's eyes (Original Post)
cali
May 2012
OP
Horrible abuse. And unfortunately abuse in general is much more common than we might think :( K&R
LiberalLoner
May 2012
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GreenPartyVoter
(72,384 posts)1. Oh, dear god!!
LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)2. Horrible abuse. And unfortunately abuse in general is much more common than we might think :( K&R
get the red out
(13,468 posts)3. Our world has lost it's mind
if it ever had one to begin with