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Ever called CPS?

Today I called CPS on a 13 yr old patient who had come in DKA after a drinking binge. Extremely dysfunctional and dangerous situation of medical and general neglect of this young diabetic. Parents were estranged from one another with girl being followed already by mental health, parents not keeping appointments, etc. I had the patient Monday, huge fiasco with parents fighting in the room. The doctor also called today, I found out. Heartbreaking. I cried a lot over this one.:o

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I don't work with kids; I simply can't.

But I've reported abuse. Two stand out in particular. An elderly lady being sexually, physically and financially abused by her only son, and a mentally disabled/paraplegic young woman who was being repeatedly raped by her brother (she actually had pressure ulcers on the inside of her thighs where he'd force her legs apart).

Those are of the few times in my life I could envision myself being violent toward another. :angryfire

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This girl's life is already so hopeless and bleak. Life is very unfair to some. She has no chance, I hate to say something so gloomy but her life is doomed. This case breaks my heart.

I had a pt who was sexually abused by a caregiver. Whenever we did peri care she would scream no at us and cry.

Her life was so horrible she was abused by her husband and her sons stole her money and she became homeless.

In her last weeks with us she told us she finally knew what love was. That made me cry. On her very last day I watched Auntie Mame with her and we laughed through the whole thing . We let her drink chocolate milkshakes all day long. We gave her a manicure, the first one she'd ever had.

In the last two weeks of her life ,a miserable life she was finally happy.

It broke my heart and healed it. It's never to late for hope and joy. That experience proves it.

Now I need a kleenex :(

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I have called CPS before, though not at my current job. By the time I get the pt CPS has been called.

I called numerous times in my previous job for various reasons of neglect and abuse. It was at times extremely frustrating because all the sx of abuse & neglect were right there and CPS would do absolutely nothing. I know CPS workers have an extreme caseload, but it was still very sad to know that these kids are not getting the help they so desperately need.

CPS won't help that little girl. Nothing will help the poor thing. It's sad but there are scores and scores of cases that will never even be acknowledged and child abuse is as old as time itself.

Too bad CPS couldn't have helped that little 3 y/o who was assaulted by that person on videotape.

I had a pt who was sexually abused by a caregiver. Whenever we did peri care she would scream no at us and cry.

Her life was so horrible she was abused by her husband and her sons stole her money and she became homeless.

In her last weeks with us she told us she finally knew what love was. That made me cry. On her very last day I watched Auntie Mame with her and we laughed through the whole thing . We let her drink chocolate milkshakes all day long. We gave her a manicure, the first one she'd ever had.

In the last two weeks of her life ,a miserable life she was finally happy.

It broke my heart and healed it. It's never to late for hope and joy. That experience proves it.

Now I need a kleenex :(

Thank from me too - and pass the kleenex!

Unfortunately being in Peds I have dealt with CPS so many times, I couldn't tell you how many!! It is absolutely ridiculous what some of these children endure. Heartbreaking. It certainly takes a toll on you personally and I am very protective of my children, even more so than one would consider "normal" just from seeing all of the things I have seen. Astounding. And when a case would come across that would bring you to your knees and you think you had seen it all...you get something else that is unimaginable. I don't know how some of these people live with themselves. :cry:

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