[Nfbmo] Fw: Mikaela Is Home

Roger RogerLH605 at aol.com
Fri Jul 23 21:36:57 UTC 2010


Some say that DFS has to have good reason, but I've never known that  
to be the way it really works. They do have way to much power these  
days.

Sincerely,
Roger

On Jul 23, 2010, at 2:20 PM, "James Moynihan"  
<jamesmoynihan at kc.rr.com> wrote:

> Fellow Federationists
>
> Regarding DFS taking baby Mikaela at the hospital and keeping her  
> for 57 days there is one question that puzzles me.    Are there any  
> steps that parents can take to prevent a baby from being removed  
> from their custody?
>
> Is there an ombudsmon or advocate that parents can contact to  
> investigate to prevent a child from being placed in fostercare?   
> Removing a baby from custody is so draconian that it sounds more  
> like Hitler Germany or Stalinist Russia than the United States of  
> America.  Giving DFS such unlimited power is totally unacceptable.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Jim Moynihan
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Moynihan" <jamesmoynihan at kc.rr.com 
> >
> To: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:25 PM
> Subject: Fw: [Nfbmo] Mikaela Is Home
>
>
>> Gary
>>
>> Even though it was terrible that the baby was separated from the  
>> parents for 57 days the positive outcome could be that the adverse  
>> publicity would preventDFS from treating other blind parents in the  
>> same way.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dewey Bradley" <dewey.bradley at att.net 
>> >
>> To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 6:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Mikaela Is Home
>>
>>
>>> I'm not trying to be a perv, but I wonder how easy a sighted mom  
>>> could look
>>> down and see if the mouth is near the nipple with the babies head  
>>> and nose
>>> in the way, plus they are so small and fragile anyway.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Wunder" <debbiewunder at centurytel.net 
>>> >
>>> To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 4:33 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Mikaela Is Home
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello Bryan, yes it sure is wonderful that Mikaela is home with her
>>>> parents. I would like to help explain what occurred during the  
>>>> breast
>>>> feeding, and I hope that it will make you feel better about what  
>>>> took
>>>> place. During the first breast feeding Erika the Mom realized  
>>>> herself that
>>>> the baby was having difficulty breathing and on her own moved  
>>>> Mikaela and
>>>> asked the nurse for help in repositioning the baby. This is a  
>>>> very common
>>>> problem with new moms in breast feeding. Because of there being  
>>>> such a
>>>> small area of space between their nose and mouth, and the size of  
>>>> the
>>>> breast, it is easy to cause breathing difficulty. Mikaela did not  
>>>> require
>>>> any help in breathing via any special treatment, or in any other  
>>>> way. The
>>>> only thing needed was to position her differently. If you are a  
>>>> new mom
>>>> you do not really know how to do this. What is needed to be done  
>>>> is to
>>>> hold usually two fingers pressing down on the to keep it away  
>>>> from the
>>>> nostril of the infant. Most hospitals have a lactation nurse who  
>>>> will
>>>> first help new moms showing them all the different methods in  
>>>> feeding.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net 
>>>> >
>>>> To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 3:39 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Mikaela Is Home
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> i am all for the achieved end result but there is a big  
>>>>> difference between
>>>>> being told there was difficulty during the first feeding  
>>>>> compared to
>>>>> almost a code blue!
>>>>> Bryan Schulz
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelia Wright" <sbwright95 at att.net 
>>>>> >
>>>>> To: "'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:46 PM
>>>>> Subject: [Nfbmo] Mikaela Is Home
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> We learned early this morning that the Missouri Division of  
>>>>>> Children's
>>>>>> Services wanted to settle and released Mikaela to her parents  
>>>>>> just hours
>>>>>> before the hearing. Blake and Erika are very happy to have  
>>>>>> their baby at
>>>>>> home where she belongs. This is truly a victory for them but it  
>>>>>> cannot
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> the end of this case.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There have been several interviews already with the media this
>>>>>> afternoon.
>>>>>> The NFB of Missouri will be working with the attorney and the  
>>>>>> parents to
>>>>>> proceed with litigation. The injustice cannot be undone; Nor  
>>>>>> can these
>>>>>> parents regain precious time they should have had with their  
>>>>>> newborn. We
>>>>>> must work to be sure this does not happen to other blind  
>>>>>> couples when
>>>>>> they
>>>>>> enter a hospital to have their baby.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More will be forthcoming in the days to come.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shelia Wright
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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