Problems with Texas Child Protective

[cannabis_flower]

My granddaughter's dad had another baby. In July he was playing with her and she fell and broke her arm.

The doctor at the hospital notified CPS because they found previous broken bones and both children were removed. In August he was charged with felony injury to a child. He has maintained that he didn't do anything to the baby.

While in foster care, the baby has suffered another broken bone.

Day before yesterday his dad called me and told me that the baby has been diagnosed with DiGeorge Syndrome. One of the symptoms can be low calcium levels which can cause brittle bones. Hopefully he will have his case dismissed and they will return the kids. It's sad that the baby has this condition but I'm glad it wasn't something that was the dad's fault.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/digeorge-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20353543

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. That sort of thing happens periodically, and to blame the dad's

felony charge on a bad CPS misses the point. Sometimes children will have obscure diseases that can look like child abuse or neglect. What's unfortunate in these cases is that the pediatricians have missed them.

[cannabis_flower]

3. I think this is the main thing

This child had breathing difficulties at birth and was kept in the hospital several weeks. I think she was born blue and not crying. After that she had a machine because she had sleep apnea and she also had feeding problems. She would take the bottle and throw it up. She was first refered to CPS for failure to thrive because she wasn't gaining weight but she had seemed to be getting better. Seems like with all these problems the doctors should have suspected something.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. I work for CPS and encountered situations like this

It's pretty rare, but it does happen and, hopefully, it was an honest mistake, but when dealing with infants, signs of broken bones prompt the highest concern and alert among CPS.