My 911 Call, The "Attempted Murder" of My Daughter, & Oppression of the Family Death Penalty

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66. This is disturbing on so many levels. I can't imagine how you've had the strength to handle

it. And people just cannot objectively evaluate a situation when mental illness is involved.

Let's say your daughter was an infant and your wife had accidentally dropped or kicked (or dropped and kicked!) your daughter while having an epileptic fit. It would be awful. There would be difficult decisions to be made about whether it was safe for her to care for your daughter unsupervised.

But I can guarantee you that the attitude would be far different towards your wife. I saw a comment on one of the stories online where someone wrote, "That woman is disgusting!" There were more comments to that effect that I couldn't stomach reading. Would those things have been said in the epileptic? No. Because it would be clear that an accident had happened. That harm had been caused by something out of her control.

My family has been deeply affected by the ravages of mental illness. Nothing quite as tragic as what has happened to your family, but, as in your case, problems are exacerbated by prejudice and ignorance.

I wonder about so much of what was done to make this ordeal worse for your family. I don't understand why any person, especially someone who is ill, would be made to sleep on a concrete floor? Why the isolation? Why can the facts not be made known--the emergency surgery claim for instance?

I can only imagine how hard this is for you and your children. I can't even bear to think about how hard this is for your wife.

I am dealing with some difficult issues in my own family, so I have little to share, but I will try to help. I wish you and your family strength and luck and love and everything else you need.