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Open Question: My 9 month old nephew is constantly sick.?

September 20th, 2008 | by admin | Open Question: My 9 month old nephew is constantly sick.?
My sister got pregnant at the age of 16, I was the first person in my family she called. The father is the same age. Some problem are.. the baby is always sick, dirty, he isn’t fed right foods. They live in a two bedroom trailer with 10 people. The dad is a pot head and now I’m not sure that my sister isn’t. They have had dept. of familes called on them a couple times, but they dont seem to want to do anything. They did ask what her family is doing to help. My father is constantly paying their bills, buying food, the house is furnished by us, she has been given $150 in the last week and a half for gas ( I dont even use that much and my husband works, we have kids in school, track and football, plus I have took her to the hospital this week) I took her and the baby to the hospital the other night. I had to find sitters for our four kids because my husband works 3rd shift then she spent $25 dollars at the hospital on food which I paid for! If we don’t give her what she wants she doesnt want to talk to us and my whole family is scared to death for the baby. Currently he has a staph infection, heart murmur that the docs just found, and at the hospital the other night he was diagnosed with hand foot, mouth, disease. The doctor said it was very contagious and there is no treatment for it. Just give him lots of fluids, soft foods, and said all the antibiotics he is taking isn’t helping is immune system. I told her to buy sanitizers, go to the store and get the food the doc suggested, I also told her yogurt would be good for him. The doctor at the er also suggested to find him new doctor. Well she hasn’t done anything. There are two other babies in the house shes living in and now they have the most recent disease with strep on top of it. I am so frustated!!! What can I do to make her wake up and realise her son needs to be taken care of. Also my father told her he would take care of her and the baby but she refuses to leave this big dumb pot head boy who does nothing for her!
oh yeah as for him not eating the right foods… tell me if I’m wrong…last week she brought him to my house with his “supper” that constisted of a deviled egg, a big slice of ham, and cajun rice. I have four kids and just wouldnt ever think to feed them stuff like that. They were giving him baby food at a week old, pouring it in his bottles. And just letting him taste stuff like kethcup, icecream, mashed potatoes, all within the first couple weeks of his life, now apparently he eats what grown ups eat at 8/9 months.

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:44:43 GMT

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