Mum allegedly poisoned daughter, 4, with chemotherapy drug,

[grandmoon]

Mum allegedly poisoned daughter, 4, with chemotherapy drug, leaving her in fight of her little life.

THE little girl alleged to have been poisoned with chemotherapy drugs is battling a lung infection and "coded" in hospital last night.

Police have accused the girl’s mother of giving her anti-cancer medication over a 10-month period after purchasing it on the internet.

The four-year-old’s devastated grandmother, in an online post, vowed to "keep up the fight" for the seriously ill girl, who remains in the Brisbane Royal Children’s Hospital.

"Please everyone at the end of the day our beautiful (girl) is still extremely ill,’’ she wrote.

"As my heart is just so broken right now my main concern is (my granddaughter) getting better.

"Every person and prayer helps."

In another post, she wrote about the girl’s attachment to a special chemotherapy doll called Zoe that had been a comfort to her in hospital.

[polksaladallie]

Munchausen by proxy.  An extremely serious mental illness.

There was a case a while ago in RCH where a child had brain surgery and other surgery before the medicos realised the truth, so clever and devious was the mother.

I think that wouldn't happen again because so much more is known now about this illness.

But this poor little girl hadn't been near a doctor, so she was at the mercy of her mother.

[bernadette842]

I know it's a mental illness, but it's one I have a lot of difficulty understanding.:_|

[izabsmiling]

How sad ...my thoughts and best wishes to the little girl and all of her family .

[freddie*rooster]

I can't say what I would like to, but how could a Mother do this to a child, and where were her immediate family?

[*pepe]

horrible evil woman. 

[purple_haize]

If the mother has *Munchausen by Proxy*, then that is a mental disorder.

What I would like to know is, where was the grandmother all this time, if she saw the little girl, wouldnt she know something was wrong with her?

[*pepe]

didn't the mother set up a donation page?

that is a scam, not a disorder

[j*oono]

The little girl had definitely been seen by doctors and specialists.  It was only just picked up on that this was going on.

[j*oono]

I forgot the link to the story.  She was being treated but they couldn't figure out for quite a while exactly what was wrong.

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/mum-allegedly-poisoned-daughter-4-with-chemotherapy-drug-leavin...