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wittynbear
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Mom accused of putting bleach into toddler's eyes
Published May 01, 2012
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Authorities say a Washington mother repeatedly put bleach into her toddler daughter's eyes, causing permanent vision loss in child's right eye, Q13 Fox reports.
29-year-old Jennifer Mothershead pled not guilty to charges of first-degree child assault Monday.
Authorities say Mothershead was given antibiotics and eye drops in March 2011 for her toddler daughter after the child came to a local hospital with an eye issue. Mothershead told doctors her daughter had scratched her eye while playing in a barn, according to Q13 Fox.
Authorities claim Mothershead's then-14-month-old daughter was airlifted to the hospital with a serious head injury in May 2011. Authorities grew concerned when Mothershead reportedly had no explanation for what had happened.
While examining the girl, doctors noticed the child's eye infection had gotten worse. Mothershead told doctors her child's eyes had been swollen shut for a month, according to Q13 Fox.
She said her daughter was sleeping 20-22 hours a day because she could not tolerate exposure to sunlight due to her eye pain.
Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer told Q13 Fox investigators decided to look into the case in part because they felt Mothershead showed little concern for her child. When they examined the eye drops Mothershead allegedly had given to her daughter, one detective said the drops caused a burning sensation when he tested them on his wrist.
"We found one of the eye drop bottles of chemicals, which basically burned our detectives," Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer told Q13 Fox. "It obviously wasn't something that should be going in someone's eyes."
Investigators sent the drops to the Food and Drug Administration's Forensic Chemistry Lab for analysis. The lab determined the drops contained bleach.
"The staff at Harborview determined that the damage to the child's eyes was consistent with repeated exposure to bleach, and ruled out any possibility that the eye dropper had been merely cleaned with bleach," the prosecutor's office said in a statement according to The Associated Press.
The child, now 2, lives with her father. Her eye condition reportedly improved with treatment but doctors say she suffers from permanent vision loss in her right eye.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/01/mom-accused-repeatedly-bleaching-toddler-eyes/print#ixzz1tdXKaFSv
Published May 01, 2012
| FoxNews.com
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Authorities say a Washington mother repeatedly put bleach into her toddler daughter's eyes, causing permanent vision loss in child's right eye, Q13 Fox reports.
29-year-old Jennifer Mothershead pled not guilty to charges of first-degree child assault Monday.
Authorities say Mothershead was given antibiotics and eye drops in March 2011 for her toddler daughter after the child came to a local hospital with an eye issue. Mothershead told doctors her daughter had scratched her eye while playing in a barn, according to Q13 Fox.
Authorities claim Mothershead's then-14-month-old daughter was airlifted to the hospital with a serious head injury in May 2011. Authorities grew concerned when Mothershead reportedly had no explanation for what had happened.
While examining the girl, doctors noticed the child's eye infection had gotten worse. Mothershead told doctors her child's eyes had been swollen shut for a month, according to Q13 Fox.
She said her daughter was sleeping 20-22 hours a day because she could not tolerate exposure to sunlight due to her eye pain.
Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer told Q13 Fox investigators decided to look into the case in part because they felt Mothershead showed little concern for her child. When they examined the eye drops Mothershead allegedly had given to her daughter, one detective said the drops caused a burning sensation when he tested them on his wrist.
"We found one of the eye drop bottles of chemicals, which basically burned our detectives," Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer told Q13 Fox. "It obviously wasn't something that should be going in someone's eyes."
Investigators sent the drops to the Food and Drug Administration's Forensic Chemistry Lab for analysis. The lab determined the drops contained bleach.
"The staff at Harborview determined that the damage to the child's eyes was consistent with repeated exposure to bleach, and ruled out any possibility that the eye dropper had been merely cleaned with bleach," the prosecutor's office said in a statement according to The Associated Press.
The child, now 2, lives with her father. Her eye condition reportedly improved with treatment but doctors say she suffers from permanent vision loss in her right eye.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/01/mom-accused-repeatedly-bleaching-toddler-eyes/print#ixzz1tdXKaFSv
Comments
I went to subway to pick up dinner tonight. As I am coming out of the store some guy is walking in, so I hold the door open for him. He just walks past me like he is God's gift to the world, and doesn't say a word. So I said Hey you're welcome. He just gave me a dirty look. I really wanted to knock that stupid look right off his face, but I decided I was on a food run for the family and that was more important.
That leaves me to wonder is it me? Maybe I am getting old and grumpy or I need a vacation or something. Has anyone else noticed that people have lost their common decency and respect for each other?
I'm hoping for the sake of our society that the guy was just pulling off the road from a really long interstate drive and was in zombie mode.
people are still pretty friendly here for the most part.
in the South too... [:(]
I'm hoping for the sake of our society that the guy was just pulling off the road from a really long interstate drive and was in zombie mode.
people are still pretty friendly here for the most part.
I live in a small town and people are generally pretty nice just lately (within the last year) people have just gotten more and more rude. I guess we have a lot of transplants here, (hell I'm one of them) with a military base and a college not far away but still I can't imagine people would be that rude anywhere else either. Being a small town if he lives around here I'll see him again I'll make it a point to slam the door in his face.
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
That leaves me to wonder is it me? Maybe I am getting old and grumpy or I need a vacation or something. Has anyone else noticed that people have lost their common decency and respect for each other?
wit,
It's not you.
Nowadays, common decency and respect for others is exercised by few;
We are living in the days of 'me'.
Just as you were, I had picked up supper, was leaving one of the local restaurants and my kids had tagged along with me. Held the door for a fellow walking in, looked to be mid-20s. He let me know right quick that he did not appreciate my act and that, "I don't need anybody to hold the effin door for me; I'm not a woman!!!!"
All I could see was red.
I told my son and daughter, "You know how daddy gets irritated sometimes at stupid folks and calls them a son of a *?"
I pointed at the fellow and said, "Right there's one."
quote:Originally posted by wittynbear
That leaves me to wonder is it me? Maybe I am getting old and grumpy or I need a vacation or something. Has anyone else noticed that people have lost their common decency and respect for each other?
wit,
It's not you.
Nowadays, common decency and respect for others is exercised by few;
We are living in the days of 'me'.
Just as you were, I had picked up supper, was leaving one of the local restaurants and my kids had tagged along with me. Held the door for a fellow walking in, looked to be mid-20s. He let me know right quick that he did not appreciate my act and that, "I don't need anybody to hold the effin door for me; I'm not a woman!!!!"
All I could see was red.
I told my son and daughter, "You know how daddy gets irritated sometimes at stupid folks and calls them a son of a *?"
I pointed at the fellow and said, "Right there's one."
+1 I got a chuckle out of that post
Next person in line may not be so lucky.
I seem to always get stuck holding the door for a line of people. I can't very well let the door go in some old biddy's face.
So I start clowning around, welcoming them to the store, flirting with the old ladies, trying to get tipped, etc. Had a store manager once ask me not to do it anymore, seems someone complained about the employee on the door walking off and not waiting to hold the door for them. [B)
Some folks got no sense of humor.
[V]
Allen
[:D]
it isn't you, who knows that guy could have been having the worst day of his life. (or maybe he just worked there)
I have noticed that people seem to be on edge as a rule. Even here we have old friends fighting over stuff they would normally laugh off.
In the end, all you can do is continue to be the kind courtious person you are and let the bitter people stew in their own dirty diaper.
Do people have any common courtesy anymore?
I went to subway to pick up dinner tonight. As I am coming out of the store some guy is walking in, so I hold the door open for him. He just walks past me like he is God's gift to the world, and doesn't say a word. So I said Hey you're welcome. He just gave me a dirty look. I really wanted to knock that stupid look right off his face, but I decided I was on a food run for the family and that was more important.
That leaves me to wonder is it me? Maybe I am getting old and grumpy or I need a vacation or something. Has anyone else noticed that people have lost their common decency and respect for each other?
You live in a city with a subway, and wonder if common courtesy is dead?
I was back in San Diego chopping weeds at one of my houses, dressed in my UOTD (Uniform Of The Day) which is coveralls. I am next to the street and a couple is out for a walk, I tip my hat and say hello.
The woman puts her nose up in the air, the husband just ignores me.
So I say to myself very loudly, "Yep, I'm not in Idaho today".
Get out of that rat maze, and get back to a place where people wave and say "Hello" just because the sun is shining.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
Most of the older ones,.......and surprisingly, other guys usually say thanks.
Women on the other hand are about 50/50 if they are under 50 years old.[xx(]
I help old folks pump gas, or operate the machines all the time. I also have held doors for the beverage guys many times with those big carts of drinks,.....they ALWAYS say thank you.
Maybe the guy was distracted or maybe he did say something and you just didn't hear it. The effort of moving a door means THAT much to ya?
I always hold/open the door in that situation too but, almost WITHOUT fail...it's women who almost NEVER acknowledge the courtesy, not men...and, I just say "your welcome" and the majority of time recieve a haughty smirk in return.
It really doesn't bother me, sure doesn't upset me that it is they who lack common courtsey , manners, I just give them a laugh & keep walking...Femma Nazis are alive and well...[;)]
A lady never has to open a door around here.....
And, if one does... You damn sure better say thanks..
Other people's kids..... Yikes....
always praise a young man for being a gentleman.
last kid i witnessed opening a door for a lady was promising. he was about 12..
i told him to "keep up the good work. gentlemen get the most beautiful women! "
"keep up the good work. gentlemen get the most beautiful women! "
Shouldn't lie to him like that.
It's unreal isn't it? I was speaking with a lady the other day in a residential area when a man and a small boy, who was barefoot, walked by us. This lady smiled at and made a comment to the little fellow about enjoying his barefoot days while he had the chance. Now, one might not expect to get a comment from the little boy in response to her cheery comment, but you'd at least expect the adult male to have at least recognized her courtesy and presence with a smile and eye contact, right? Well, the man passed us by as if we were not there! I think he might have at least been in earshot of my comment to the lady about him having a personality like that of a brick.
Kimi,.....so many younger people are totally desensitized to even acknowledging other humans due to their constant electronic stimulation.
I-Pods,......FaceBook, I-Phones, texting, video games. You get the drill.
I truly think some of them do not know how to respond to a real, live human being anymore, nor do they even pay attention to them.
"If you don't expect too much from people then you won't be
disappointed."
quote:Originally posted by kimi
It's unreal isn't it? I was speaking with a lady the other day in a residential area when a man and a small boy, who was barefoot, walked by us. This lady smiled at and made a comment to the little fellow about enjoying his barefoot days while he had the chance. Now, one might not expect to get a comment from the little boy in response to her cheery comment, but you'd at least expect the adult male to have at least recognized her courtesy and presence with a smile and eye contact, right? Well, the man passed us by as if we were not there! I think he might have at least been in earshot of my comment to the lady about him having a personality like that of a brick.
Kimi,.....so many younger people are totally desensitized to even acknowledging other humans due to their constant electronic stimulation.
I-Pods,......FaceBook, I-Phones, texting, video games. You get the drill.
I truly think some of them do not know how to respond to a real, live human being anymore, nor do they even pay attention to them.
Good possibility, Mark. I had not given anything like that the slightest thought, but it does make sense.
quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
quote:Originally posted by kimi
It's unreal isn't it? I was speaking with a lady the other day in a residential area when a man and a small boy, who was barefoot, walked by us. This lady smiled at and made a comment to the little fellow about enjoying his barefoot days while he had the chance. Now, one might not expect to get a comment from the little boy in response to her cheery comment, but you'd at least expect the adult male to have at least recognized her courtesy and presence with a smile and eye contact, right? Well, the man passed us by as if we were not there! I think he might have at least been in earshot of my comment to the lady about him having a personality like that of a brick.
Kimi,.....so many younger people are totally desensitized to even acknowledging other humans due to their constant electronic stimulation.
I-Pods,......FaceBook, I-Phones, texting, video games. You get the drill.
I truly think some of them do not know how to respond to a real, live human being anymore, nor do they even pay attention to them.
Good possibility, Mark. I had not given anything like that the slightest thought, but it does make sense.
I am kind of in an age gap per se at 48.
Still have most of the old values like being polite, and knowing how to communicate, but still young enough to know what is the hot thing.
I am not into ANY of the stuff I mentioned, and before I get flamed, I know there are people that do ALL that stuff and are still nice personable folks.
I live across from a small lake with a running/walking trail that goes around it. Lots of folks here use it for exercise needless to say. Tons of huge centuries old oak trees full of birds and the sound of the wind blowing through the trees as it is breezy out here a lot.
The majority plug their ears with an I-pod.[xx(]
I don't care of course, nor is it my business,.....simply pointing out a trend. I like to listen to the wind and the sounds of nature when relaxing. Some of the generation behind me do not know what it is to not be constantly over-stimulated.
I make a lot of deliveries, and there have been times when I was struggling to hold a door open, and get a fully loaded cart through it, when some jerk comes barrelling through it, like I'm holding it for him. I'd like to say that I just smile and go on about my business all the time when this happens, but I would be lying. I do accomplish it successfully most of the time, though. I just feel better asbout myself when I don't let the jerks of this world bring me down to their level.
There are well mannered people in this world, and I try to give them a sign of appreciation when I see it. I fear the jerks outnumber us, though.
It was probably a transplant from California!
Cool yer jets ther bud, I live in Kalifornia and have since was old enough to talk said yes sir no sir n thank you and respected my elders highly, I get dirty looks from the queer lezbo crowd of women whom I still open doors n hold them open my god youd think I was doing somthin illegal doin that; oh well, such is life, yea it sucks, just better to live let live and get by best we can I guess. Remember what goes around comes around, and its true,these rude dipsticks will one day be put on the forefront for all to see how damn stupid n rude they really are else run into someone just a lil bit ruder!
quote:Originally posted by storm6490
"keep up the good work. gentlemen get the most beautiful women! "
Shouldn't lie to him like that.
+1
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Subway? for dinner?
it isn't you, who knows that guy could have been having the worst day of his life. (or maybe he just worked there)
I have noticed that people seem to be on edge as a rule. Even here we have old friends fighting over stuff they would normally laugh off.
In the end, all you can do is continue to be the kind courtious person you are and let the bitter people stew in their own dirty diaper.
That was pretty well said.