Ind. mom accused of injecting feces into son’s chemo IV

[slimvictor]

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (CNN) – An Indiana mother is accused of injecting feces into her son’s IV bag while he was undergoing cancer treatments at Riley Hospital for Children.

Tiffany Alberts, 41, of Wolcott, Indiana, is charged with six counts of aggravated battery and one count of neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury.

According to court documents, officers were called to Riley Hospital to investigate possible child abuse on November 17.

Alberts’ 15-year-old son was being treated for cancer, and he had several unexplained infections that were delaying treatment. Staff placed video surveillance in his room, and the video showed Alberts injecting an unknown substance into his IV bag with a syringe several times, court documents say.

http://wkbn.com/2016/11/24/ind-mom-accused-of-injecting-feces-into-sons-chemo-iv/

 

[Pretty_Diamonds]

Not to make excuses for her.. but she's sick.

 

[cj]

That's beyond sickening. Like wow. How do you even explain that to the kid as a doctor?

 

[bukweat]

Munchausen perhaps. They should check to see what the insurance is worth. Still

 

[slimvictor]

Not to make excuses for her.. but she's sick.

I didn't see it as making an excuse.
I saw it as trying to make sense of something that seems senseless, terrible, maybe even against human nature.
Mental illness is the only way for us to try to understand this woman's actions, which may be the most vile actions imaginable by a human being.
She clearly needs help, but whether she is help-able is unclear.
She has gone so far down the tunnel that there may be no turning back at this point, though I am generally quite positive about the potential for humans to change.
Poor everyone involved, especially her son...

 

[cj]

Munchausen is such a horrible condition. I feel sorry for everyone involved because that kind of trauma has a tendency to cause long lasting problems.