[blparent] need urgent help

[Robert Shelton]

OK, forget my last post about the family.  This makes the situation a little
clearer, but I still don't understand why the family and parents would hear
different information from CPS.

"A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm,
thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to
others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with
bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity."
--Jimmy Carter


-----Original Message-----
From: Pipi [mailto:blahblahblah0822 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 11:46 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] need urgent help

Thank you I have added Scott to the list of resources I will be giving the 
mom in the morning.
>From what the mom has told me, she contacted the nurse because she noticed 
the baby having problems breathing while her first time breast feeding. This

nurse reported them. The social worker said they have concerns because both 
parents are blind. she asked questions like what would they do if baby is 
sick and how would they know if she had a fever. The mom answered  by saying

take a cab or ambulance depending on urgency to doctor or hospital. and that

there are talking thermomenters. the social worker said that she still 
didn't think they had a plan and she didn't feel comfortable releasing baby 
to them unless they had 24/7 help for the first 2 weeks. This isn't an 
option for them, so the last I heard from the mom around noon was that their

baby was being discharged into protective custody this afternoon.
If i had the means, I'd be there as this supposed 24/7 support that is 
needed just so they could bring their baby home from the hospital like they 
should have been able to do.
Any help is greatly appreciated. And thank you everyone.
pipi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] need urgent help


> They of course have rights, what state is she in and contact your NFB 
> President in that state for help.  She should Scott LaBarre who is 
> president of the Lawyer Division of the NFB for help.
>
> What reason are they giving these parents for wanting to take away there 
> children.
>
> President: Scott LaBarre
> 1660 South Albion Street, Suite 918
> Denver, Colorado 80222-4046
> Work: 303-504-5979
> Fax: 303-757-3640
> E-mail: slabarre at labarrelaw.com
> Cheryl Echevarria
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pipi" <blahblahblah0822 at gmail.com>
> To: <blindparenting at googlegroups.com>; <blv-moms at googlegroups.com>; 
> <singleblindparents at googlegroups.com>; "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List"

> <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 2:30 PM
> Subject: [blparent] need urgent help
>
>
>> Hey y'all,
>> I have a friend who very recently gave birth. Her and her partner are 
>> both
>> blind. They are having problems with cps. I don't want to go into all of 
>> the
>> details, but she is being told one thing by the social worker and the 
>> social
>> worker is telling her family other things. They are saying that unless 
>> they
>> have 24/7 help, their child will be released into protective custody. Do
>> they have this right? What rights do the parents have? They are first 
>> time
>> parents and not sure what to do. They just want their baby home with 
>> them.
>> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>> pipi
>>
>>
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