I Have To Call Someone Mama: A Grandmother's Story of Two Siblings Rescued from Munchausen by Proxy Abuse - Softcover

Eady Walker, Tammy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1640794980 ISBN 13: 9781640794986

Publisher: Christian Faith, 2017

Synopsis

Her grandson was literally on the brink of death's door. From as early as one month old, he was gravely ill with one illness after another. By the time he was three years old, he had been hospitalized more times than she could count. He would get better and then suddenly relapse with no reasonable explanation. When her granddaughter was born, she too started having alarming health problems. She had known that her daughter-in-law seemed to exaggerate but never could she have imagined this.

The children's mother was so cunning and crafty in her manipulative deception that she fooled dozens of medical professionals along the way. After three years of her grandson being constantly sick with countless hospitalizations, this grandmother was faced with the horrifying realization; that her grandchildren were sick because their mother was making them sick. Then the real fight began.

Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy is one of the cruelest forms of child abuse imaginable. It is very difficult to prove and even harder to prosecute. This story chronicles a woman's journey as she discovers that her two grandchildren are victims of this abuse that most people have never even heard of. Her faith in God kept her going as she turned their tragedies and trials into triumph. Follow her journey of faith as she fights to rescue, protect, and bring healing to her grandchildren's broken spirits and shattered little souls.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Foreword

Twenty-five years ago, I used the word "daunting" when I spoke and wrote about a recently-recognized form of maltreatment called Munchausen syndrome by proxy (abbreviated as MBP). The phrase "medical child abuse" is being used increasingly, at least among legal professionals, to describe this highly disturbing yet underrecognized behavior. Still, that same word--daunting--clearly applies today regardless of the precise terminology used. Research into the phenomenon has been constrained for many reasons, especially the consistent refusal of perpetrators to admit to the abuse, let alone allow mental health professionals to explore their possible reasons for abandoning the typically protective maternal role. But Tammy Walker's book, which compellingly describes a true-life case from the perspective of a loving grandmother, will go a long way toward help to demystify MBP and educate the public and professionals fortunate enough to come across it.

Marc D. Feldman, M.D.,

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Edition details

• Publisher: Christian Faith
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1640794980
• ISBN 13: 9781640794986
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 122