Erin Brittany Markes Starved Her Son… Maybe.
April 4, 2008 by impqueen
UPDATE 5/23/08 – Erin Markes’ charge of child neglect has been dropped. Prosecutors do not feel there is evidence to warrant a neglect charge. Erin’s son Jaden remains in DCF custody for the time being pending hearings on whether the child is safer with the state or with his mother. Details at the bottom of the article.
Pensacola, FL - Erin Brittany Markes aka Erin Brittni Beckett, 19 ( MyspaceMySpace
) may be a neglectful mother. Her son Jayden is in the hospital as I write with what law enforcement officers are calling the “worst case of neglect” they’ve ever seen. Jaden, 4, weighed just ten pounds and was near death when Erin Markes finally took him to the hospital last month. The severely disabled child had bedsores from not being turned and an incredibly low body temperature of 91.1 degrees. He had lost nearly half his body weight, reducing him to the size of some newborns. And the medications to control Jaden’s seizures were not in his bloodstream, indicating that he had not received his medicines in weeks.
Erin probably should never have been saddled with the care of her son in the first place. Fifteen when he was born, she was very young and apparently had little family support. Then Jayden turned out to have Lissencephaly, a disease in which the brain wrinkles are smoothed out. Lissencephaly causes severe brain damage, feeding problems, and means that a child who has it often requires total care for everything, even turning over ever hour or so to avoid skin breakdown.
In the last few months, Erin apparently left Jaden’s allegedly drug-addicted father and moved from Missouri, where Jayden was under doctors’ care, to Florida where her family lives. At that point, Erin told police, she just “wasn’t ready to be a mother”. She missed his doctor’s appointments but blamed the absences on not being told when the appointments were scheduled. She apparently stopped giving Jaden his three seizure medications, which had to be administered via feeding tube, or he stopped absorbing them entirely. Erin allegedly stopped trying to feed Jaden regularly. She even stopped turning him, according to hospital staff. Erin is accused of intentionally ignoring her child who could not complain due to his disability.
Erin was arrested on MarchMarch reviews
28 and charged with child neglect. She was held on $100,000 bond for several days and was released after obtaining legal counsel on April 2. Her attorney says that Jayden’s lissencephaly, not Erin’s neglect, is directly responsible for his deteriorated state. But medical doctors say that while Jaden’s disease process is a factor, he still was not getting adequate care at home and is gaining weight and improving in the hospital and may be released to home hospice care this week. Hospice care is for the terminally ill, so Jaden will die at some point within the next months or years, but hopefully his remaining time will be easy and pain-free.
I hadn’t planned to do this article on the front page. We’ve got a large thread on this case here in our forums already thanks to our member SoJaded, who found it at the time of Erin’s arrest. And my feeling as a former home hospice nurse for children was that Erin really had the deck stacked against her. A severely disabled child is tough for any parent, but for a fifteen year old, that’s really an awful lot to ask. I honestly felt that she had little or no support network, and that possibly she just succumbed to despair and gave up – not an excuse, but kind of an understanding. And lissencephaly is a horrible disease. Very low weights are not that unusual in children who have the disease.
But Erin’s family and supporters arrived and told us that we were mean for expecting Erin to feed her child or for expecting her family to help her. They said we didn’t understand lissencephaly, so we read up on it. We still thought Jaden should have been fed and turned, ’cause we’re crazy like that. We were told that Jaden’s bedsores were a diaper rash by a family member in another state who has not seen the child. We were asked for help in raising Erin’s bail. We were told we were judgemental and uncaring. And then the fun really began.
Jaden’s extended family member tells us that Jaden remains near death and could die at any moment. I hope that Jayden is able to recover and have a semblance of quality of life for the time he has left. When he dies, it will be interesting to see what charges, if any, are brought in connection with his death. In the meantime, Erin, please think carefully before you parent another child. Because clearly you were not ready for this one.
UPDATE 5/23/08 – The neglect charge that was brought against Erin Markes has now been dropped, just days before a scheduled hearing in the case. Prosecutors felt, after reviewing the case records, that perhaps Erin’s story held up – certainly, they say, it presented enough reasonable doubt to make a conviction unlikely. In an interesting note, there may be evidence that Jaden’s lowest weight was around twelve pounds rather than ten. Erin’s documented instances of missing multiple doctor’s appointments for her son were essentially dismissed along with the charge against her.
While statements by law enforcement say that Erin Markes was at times “attentive and proactive” in regards to her son’s care, it was noted that her “efforts had waned of late”. Erin herself told investigators she did not feel that she’d done her best caring for her son. Jaden did gain weight while in the hospital, then lost a bit, and remains in the end stages of his disease process. However, Jaden is still in DCF custody, as hearings have yet to be held to decide whether Erin’s son is safer with the state, or with his mother.
Erin’s attorney is very pleased, saying in a statement that “Erin can go back to her life.” I wish Jaden had a life to go back to. I said more than once that I’d post an update if Erin was cleared – and she was. I wish I felt better about that.
9:08 am on April 4th, 2008
I think what bothers me the most about this is that even though he could not express it, I’m sure he felt physical pain. Physical pain that he could not escape or get comfort for. Pain from the neglect of the one and only person responsible for caring for him.
Yet, SHE is the misunderstood victim.
9:09 am on April 4th, 2008
Wow, that is an extremely sad story. I am in no way condoning what the fuck happened here, but bits of me understand it.
I too worked in home health and hospice care. I got called out for respite care on a disabled infant. This baby was not my regular patient. I stayed with the baby for 4 hours while the young mom did chores and ran to the grocery store. In those 4 hours, I was exhausted, especially emotional exhaustion. The baby needed fed via feeding tube, meds per feeding tube, frequent diaper changes for loose stools. I sat there in my mid 30’s wondering how this child (baby’s mom was 19) could “handle” this infant day in and day out. I could not imagine.
I know with my children, I am damn thankful they are healthy.
I wish this young mom would have turned to the state and said look, I need some fucking help, I cannot do this on my own.
Terribly sad situation all the way around.
9:33 am on April 4th, 2008
Hahaha, at the forums, someone threw out the old “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her”. And Morbid and Swivel said “No Thank-You for this Un-useful Post” lmao.
9:33 am on April 4th, 2008
yeah, that’s what gets me too. I really do feel that Erin needed a lot more help than she was getting – but if the doctor’s office doesn’t call you for an appointment, you call them, right? She didn’t even do that.
9:34 am on April 4th, 2008
wow, 10lbs…when my daughter was born, she was 10lbs, 7oz. my newborn weighed more than that 4-year-old. That’s mind boggling for me. I can understand being in a difficult position, but if you can’t care for a baby, let it go. Don’t kill it slowly.
9:36 am on April 4th, 2008
I can’t understand this at all. This was her child! If she didn’t want to take care of him she should have placed him for adoption or something. I had my severely disabled daughter 2 days after my 17th birthday and never did I even think twice about caring for her. She was mine. I was determined that no matter what it took I was going to keep her with me. She’s 23 now and still with me. She graduated high school last year and I was so proud. We spent most of the first three years of her life at Cook’s Childrens Hospital. We were in there more than out, but I never gave up and I never walked away, and I never will. I brought her into this world and that makes me responsible for her. She asked for none of her problems. She does not walk independently, feed herself, talk, nor is she potty trained. Some of her problems are as follows: epileptic seizures, hypoglycemia, hypoglycemic seizures, delayed development, agenesis of corpus collosum, low thyroid, growth hormone deficiency, hydrocephalus, scoliosis, partial cleft palate and club foot (these last two have been surgically repaired). So my first attempt at parenting wasn’t exactly a wak in the fucking park but I did not try to starve my daughter or let her die. She is healthy and thriving and she takes alot of care but dammit she’s mine and I love her and she has made me a better person.
9:51 am on April 4th, 2008
Skeptical, I think I love you. Just sayin’.
9:55 am on April 4th, 2008
Why thank you Imp. I’m kinda fond of you too.
10:09 am on April 4th, 2008
I am a licensed social services provider (social worker, case manager, CPS) and when I come across young mothers with children who have disabilities I go through an extremely hard time determining what I should recommend for these parent(s). My thoughts are how needy the infant/child is? What are the extent of the resources available to the parent(s)? Is a support/respite person available? Is there adquate medical/respite staff available to give the parent(s) advice and monitor the infant/baby? Hoiw educated the parent(s) are on the infant/child needs? The age and maturity level of the parent(s) is also a big factor. If the scoring is to the lower end of the spectrum I will recommended either removal for both the parent(s) and infant/child’s sake or intense monitoring, i.e. a home health aide. Clearly, this young GIRL was not capable of caring for such a needy child and social services or the doctor’s office should have intervened. While at her age she should have been able to use some common sense and seek help. It is highly possible she probably was terrified of what would happen, because the situation had gotten so far gone. This is just sad all around. I am just glad that the baby is now being cared for.
10:17 am on April 4th, 2008
Skeptical, you, and GoldenChild, and all of the other mothers who do such a wonderful job with your disabled children are the true heroes of the parenting brigade – not only to me, but undoubtedly to your children as well, which I am sure means a lot more to you than praise from another parent ever could. My hat’s off to you, and my respect for your perseverance knows no bounds!
10:27 am on April 4th, 2008
Thank you Angel. I really don’t feel like I’m doing anything “special” or out of the ordinary. I was a single parent for a very long time and it justs feels like what I’m supposed to do. I just signed her up to play on a handicapped baseball team and they will be starting up in a couple of weeks. She played last spring and loved it. Of course the parents assist with the batting and running of the bases, and catching of the ball but it’s really neat. She likes all kinds of outdoor activities and Six Flags and Disney World are her two favorite places on earth. She loves the rides, especially the roller coasters.
11:10 am on April 4th, 2008
I just read through the forums, and GoldenChild, you are awesome. Truly awesome.
I am so glad that this precious child is finally getting the care he needs, and that there is hope for his future.
11:31 am on April 4th, 2008
wow, my 5 week old son weighs more than this boy. what an awful story. and yeah, i agree–erin was dealt a tough hand, but even if you’re having trouble coping, you don’t just throw up your hands and give up when your child’s life is on the line. you get help, ffs!
12:24 pm on April 4th, 2008
My son came home on a feeding tube. It isn’t hard just time consuming. You have to slowing put the food in the tube, test the ph, flush. I am not sure if he had an ng tube or not but that is what my son had. I was very happy when he did not need it anymore. It took a long time to feed him and when he was finally done it was like time to do it again.
That being said, I never thought of NOT doing it. Where were the weekly check ups from nurses? I would think he would have home care nurses? There is no excuse for what she did, she should have asked for help, ignorance or laziness is no excuse.
1:19 pm on April 4th, 2008
CelticFriend, I believe Jayden has a G-tube or J-tube. The tubes are bigger than NG tubes and are implanted directly into the abdomen – the only real difference is the G tube goes into the stomach and the J-tube goes into the jejunum.
These feedings take less time than actually spooning food into a child’s mouth. In fact, some of them use pumps and run at night just like an IV pump, only hooked to the tube. You can set the rate, put the formula bag on the pump and let it run. I don’t know that Jayden had a pump (doesn’t sound like he did), but even manual tube feedings with the bigger implanted tubes don’t take nearly as long as an NG tube does.
I hope your son is healthy and happy now. How is he doing?
1:22 pm on April 4th, 2008
I thought I was finished; I was wrong
In Missouri she definitely qualified for some home care nursing; whether she had any in MO i don’t know. She should have. But I’m not sure she got her paperwork in order before moving to Florida – it sounds like she didn’t have any of her ducks in a row when she moved, so she didn’t get Medicaid set up – maybe some of the family can help us out on that one.
1:57 pm on April 4th, 2008
Um, new info.
According to the Santa Rosa County Clerk’s Office, Erin Brittany Markes is also known as Erin Brittni Beckett. And that Erin has a Myspace. Which links indirectly to Reverend Saint’s Myspace, among others.
There are no pictures of Jayden Beckett or Markes anywhere that I’ve found yet. I am very curious as to the identity of the young man with Erin in the picture. And yes, that is a crib Erin is leaning on in the picture above.
The charge for which Erin will be tried is :
827.03.3b CHILD NEGLECT,CAUSE GREAT HARM,PERM. DISABILITY/DISFIGURE
2:00 pm on April 4th, 2008
Sounds to me like the system failed her, but she failed her son. Damn right she should be held responsible…if she was having problems she should have asked for help. I’m not feeling all that bloodthirsty today, so I won’t say she should be beaten in jail for life or any of that fun stuff, but I do hope that child is taken from her. Who cares about her suffering? She can do something about that…I care about that little boy and the fact that he was suffering and she didn’t do anything about it. He was depending on her, he can’t take care of himself. Shame on her!
2:19 pm on April 4th, 2008
Erin’s new Florida boyfriend appears to be named Jonathan.
She had time to go get a manicure and a boyfriend, but not time to feed her kid? What?
2:40 pm on April 4th, 2008
Man, she just didn’t give a fuck did she? Overwhelmed maybe, goddammit, she seems to have found the time for other shit. Damn, why not just give the baby away? Why let it get so fucking bad.
Sister Erin…darling, you should have to be restrained in a fucking bed and made to piss and shit on yourself and not be fed…and not turned, we’ll do that to ya for a week or so and see how ya feel…okay, bitch?
Fuck. That is sad….let me pose with my nightgown on next to the baby’s crib…that is so goddamn sexy. *rolls eyes in disgust*
3:07 pm on April 4th, 2008
…Where the baby probably is covered with bed sores and reeking of urine. ):
I was willing to give this POS mom the benefit of the doubt at first: 15, child with severe developmental issues, lack of family support…blah, blah, blah. But with the new information and picture, fuck it, she didn’t give a shit. Period. Other posters on here have children with special needs and care for, are proud of and deeply love their kids.
She shouldn’t be allowed to have any more children. This is beyond her being overwhelmed, this is willful neglect. She could have always given Jayden up for adoption if she couldn’t handle it. All four year olds are defenseless and need care, but Jayden needed more care and was even more defenseless because he couldn’t articulate his needs…not that she was paying attention to his needs in the first place. Blecht.
3:53 pm on April 4th, 2008
This makes me fucking sick!!! Everytime I hear about cases such as this I become absolutely livid. There is NO EXCUSE for not properly caring for this child, not her age, lack of family support… NOTHING! There is plenty of help and support out there, she just failed to get it. Period. My heart is just broken over this. I’m crying thinking about the pain that little angel was made to endure.
As I have mentioned before, my oldest son has Spastic Quad Cerebral Palsy, seizures and other medical problems that can go along with it. He has a feeding tube, wears diapers, takes 3 medications, and is unable to walk or talk… he cannot even sit up unassisted. I was 18 when I had him. While I did (and still do) have a great family support system, it has always been my sole responsibilty to care for my child. Yes, early on I was extremely overwhelmed. At times I still am. But, I sought out the resources that were available to me and my son. I took parenting classes (by choice) geared toward parents of handicapped children, and I used to attend support groups. The help is there if a parent cares enough to get it. Also, most states have schools for these special kids to attend as early as 1 yr old. My son recieved in home services before being enrolled into school at age 2.
It is very common for children with these types of problems to be small for age and underweight. At almost 12 my son is barely taller than his brother who is 5 yrs younger, and only weighs about 50lbs. But he is healthy despite his low weight. A 10 lb 4 yr old is insane. Once again, no excuse! With a feeding tube in place, feeding the child is EASY. No picky eaters spitting out food or refusing to eat… just pour it in or use a feeding pump. Simple! This stupid bitch just didn’t care. She obviously had time to play on myspace… but not feed her son? Fucking bitch!!
It is also common to have pressure sores at times (usually due to extended time in a wheelchair). Luckily, my son has never had a pressure sore, ever. But, pressure (bed) sores from not being properly turned and moved? That is outright neglect and abuse! Not giving that poor child his medications? I wonder what that bitches family has to say about that!? Her excuses for not taking her child to Dr. visits is utter bullshit. She says she didn’t know when the appointments were… well, how freakin hard is it to pick up the phone to call and ask? Free transportation to & from the visits is also available, so she has no excuse for any of this!
I’m sorry this comment is so damn long, but this just hits so close to home….I can’t help it. Ugh! I’d like to strap this bitch down ona hard, cold cement floor for months straight, starve her and keep her gagged so she is unable to yell or cry out in pain. Actually, I could think of plenty of other terrible things to do to her, but my brain is too frazzled to do so right now. Disgusting. She should have her reproductive oragns ripped out, the stupid, uncaring, evil little twat!!!
5:31 pm on April 4th, 2008
hi fellow dreamers ;o) im a just plucked virgin here, thank you dreamin for making it possible heehee
i cannot understand for the life of me why why do peeps think they can just turn away from these babies! adoption would have been her best imo, i believe it would be easier to care for this child than my alhiziemers [sp] mother!!
5:53 pm on April 4th, 2008
Welcome, Granny!
I’m glad this one was finally front paged, y’all. Especially now that it’s been confirmed (?) that they are pressing charges. I was willing to refrain from judgment when charges were pending but up in the air. But, odds are, if they waited this long after incarceration to file charges, it’s not because the don’t have anything to charge her with. It’s because they took their time to determine if they had a case.
An extremely tragic story all around.
6:12 pm on April 4th, 2008
Does anyone know if she is pregnant now? I checked out her boyfriend’s myspace & under a picture of them someone commented I am so happy you two. And is that Jayden’s crib or for another baby?
6:24 pm on April 4th, 2008
Absolutely horrible that this woman suddenly becomes overwhelmed because she has a new man in her life and no room for her son. I bet she wanted to get him out of the way so he was no longer a burden and she could live a life that she felt was taken away from her
Poor Jayden, he suffered so much and it wasn’t necessary at all. She had plenty of options and it seems that the love for penis outweighed her own son.
9:34 pm on April 4th, 2008
I hope your son is healthy and happy now. How is he doing?
TY. He is doing wonderfully. He has Open Heart Surgery March 2007. He has Tetralogy of Fallot. He might need a pulmonary valve in his 30s. I hope he doesn’t.
He needed the NG tube, because at birth he did not really want to eat. He had the whole heart issue plus he swallowed fluid. It was just tough, pumping your breast, doing the tube, cleaning up then basically repeat cycle. That was ’round the clock also. I was so happy when that was gone.
It is kind of scary what they send kids home with needing. I remember a few kids that roomed with us during surgery. One child needed certain medicine but they could not be taken together, and the one had to be the right amount all of the time. The Mother did not speak English well and they had to really clarify with her what needed to be done. I was scared for the baby. (Not because the Mother did not speak English, just because things get lost in translation and he really needed alot of different things until he could have his next surgery.)
I had to take a CPR and NG tube class before I was able to leave. They told us how to measure the tube and then how to do the Ph. Still scary when you think about the rare chance you get the lung. Let’s face it some people are idiots and they are supposed to do all of this? Idid know of the G tube just not how it was done, so his most likely could have been done rather easily. So sad, when someone can not stick up for themselves, at the mercy of someone else.
Anyway, main point of this story to me, minus the now it seems she was interested in a new peen, is YOU are your child’s advocate, if you can’t do it, tell a Doctor or someone WAY before your child gets like this. Oh and I really wish some people did not have children, they clearly are not interested in being a parent.
10:19 pm on April 4th, 2008
This reminds me of the parents who let their baby die in the shit-filled baby carrier — 8 days without water or food. These parents wish the baby would just go away — poof! So they ignore and hope the — what? — the Baby Take-Away Fairy? — will come and solve their problems.
Poor little, helpless creatures — babies born to die a terrible death. So sad. Hats off to all of you who love and care for your children.
2:58 am on April 5th, 2008
Talk about passive euthenasia – death by neglect. You don’t stop feeding and caring for a totally dependent child without knowing the consequences. Now lets just make Jayden a completely normal but totally dependent 6 month old and mom stops feeding and changing him – we’d burn her on line with no sympathy unless she was totally crippled by postpartum depression or or someother major disabling circumstance. If she couldn’t, or no longer wanted to care for her child she should have relinquished care to the state or a family that was prepared to provide adequate care, not drive him slowly and painfully to the brink of death. To me that’s attempted murder.
10:36 am on April 5th, 2008
Jonathan’s one lucky man, any woman that’d neglect her child almost to death for you is just Hott!
No wait.
It’s the other thing.
Disgusting.
11:52 am on April 5th, 2008
You are too funny, WWSatanDo.
1:42 pm on April 5th, 2008
Welcome, Granny……glad to have ya. I’ve dealt with Alzheimers, too, when my hubby’s mom had it. She and his dad lived with us for almost two years before going to a nursing home. It is a tough row to hoe. My thoughts are with you.
And WWSD, LMAO!
3:24 am on April 6th, 2008
WTH?? Not one single comment here defending her? Weird…
9:41 am on April 6th, 2008
I think the defenders couldn’t find the front page. Or don’t realize the names don’t carry over. So in their brilliance they can’t figure out how to fill in the forms for the front page registration.
Or they realize that…. heh…. they were wrong.
10:59 am on April 6th, 2008
No actually, we don’t care what you all think anymore, why try to defend her to a bunch of people who refuse to see the light.. Goodbye.. and Peace.
By the way, dozens of parents of children with this disease stand behind Erin along with The Lissencephaly Network.
Please open your minds and your hearts.
http://gopetition.com/petitions/exonerate-erin.html
11:12 am on April 6th, 2008
What does The Lissencephaly Network think of the fact that Erin has no pictures of and makes no reference to her child on her Myspaces apart from the picture showing her leaning on his crib?
Oddly, her sister has pics of other kids, but not Jayden. There is no mention of Jayden on any of those Myspaces, no mention of Lissencephaly, no attempt to raise awareness of Jayden’s disease on any of Erin’s or her friend’s Myspace pages, including yours. There are, however, pics of Erin and her new man Jonathan posing at a party, pics of Erin with a French manicure, and talk of how she feels loved by her new boyfriend.
A picture is worth a thousand words. No pictures and no words about her son on her personal web pages speaks volumes to me.
11:46 am on April 6th, 2008
And who are you to make these demands?? The internet does not make the world, and does not hold the key to life, so what does it matter if she does or doesn’t.. Let it go.. It means nothing to this case, sounds like you just have to find fault in this girl..to do what, make you feel better about yourself?? Up til now we had no reason too put Jayden’s disease out for the world to condemn… peace and love..Let it go.
11:53 am on April 6th, 2008
You didn’t have a reason to put it out for the world to condemn? You didn’t think the fact that this disease was ravaging his little body was enough for the world to want to condemn it? It is only condemnable now that Erin may serve jail time? That makes no sense.
Anyway, I believe Imps point was, most parents acknowledge their children. Most parents will have something to say about their kids. You would think she would considering he required 24 hour around the clock care that she had no help with. I don’t know, I think at some point I would have said, most of my time right now is spent providing care for my disabled son. But nope, nothing, nada.
Even YOU have pics of your kids on your myspace. Hell you have house pics. Did Jayden not even rank THAT?
It does speak volumes. Whether you like it or not.
11:56 am on April 6th, 2008
Let it go, makes no difference what you, Imp, Me ,or anyone else on here thinks.
12:06 pm on April 6th, 2008
Sure it does.
1:25 pm on April 6th, 2008
It absolutely does matter. What the fuck was she thinking? Obviously she was thinking about getting fucked more than taking care of her child. I don’t understand what it is like to care for a disabled child, but I do know what it is like to be a mom at the age of 17. Even with a healthy child, it can be overwhelming, but you always do what is best and right for the child. My needs always came second. I was blessed with the support of my family, his father’s family and friends to help us. We did marry and try to make things work, but it was hard. Regardless, we never gave up on our son. He has turned into a mature adult and I am very proud of him. Even if he did have some sort of disability, we still would have done what we could. He was diagnosed with ADHD at 5, and that was a struggle. But I was constantly looking for support and resources to help us all deal with it.
I have a really close friend whose son was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. He is turning 6 in June and was diagnosed at age 3 after a year of constantly being sick. Just in the past 3 weeks, he has been in the hospital twice for Pnuemonia (sp). My friend is extremely tired and exhausted. She has no family, and her son’s father lives with them, but all he has to do is work and help when she is at work. It is like she is a single mom, but yet, the thought of giving up on her son has NEVER crossed her mind. Other than me, she has no one. There have been plenty of times when she has broken down, but not once did she say she was giving up.
Both her and I are constantly researching this disease. I am also an active participant in The Light The Night organization that raises money for Leukemia/Lymphoma society. I do a walk every year to raise donations. I am also an active contributer to the LLS. This is one cause that has hit so close to home that I want to be involved and do whatever I can.
I sympathize to the extent that it is hard at any age to deal with a disabled child, but one phone call to the hospital or doctor’s office would have pointed Erin in the right direction to get help. There is no excuse for starving and neglecting your son. And who wouldn’t want to raise awareness for a disease their child? Erin was just fucking selfish. And if her family or friends care so much about her or Jayden, then they should have stepped in to help.
Okay..stepping off my soap box now.
1:46 pm on April 6th, 2008
What the FUCK?
If he was weak and close to death, take the child to the hospital, stay with him day and night to give him comfort of loving family… Unless someone has had this disorder and can say what can and can not be felt, no one can say the child who is suffering doesn’t recognize anyone around him/her or a soothing touch…
My nephew (5 yrs old) has one of the rarest Leukodystrophies out there.. Was misdiagnosed for years by ‘brilliant’ pediatric neurologists as having Cerebral Palsy… Well from the point it was confirmed, he has steadily declined in health as the disorder progresses… At this point we are not sure who, if anyone, he even recognizes…
Guess what? His mother never leaves his side, we as a family have to force her to leave him long enough to shower and eat… She sleeps holding him and the only time she will rest beside him is if someone else is holding him while he sleeps… He has a feeding tube, he can not move, talk, and only able to make wailing noises due to the demyelination (leaking white matter) of his brain… We do everything, EVERYTHING as a family to help, to try and ease his suffering… When he is not holding down his nutrients from the feeding tube, he is taken immediately to the hospital to be given nutrients through IV… He is taken in to make sure his pain is as under control as possible… Anything out of the ordinary or unusual he is taken in and checked out…
Sounds to me as if none of them give a FUCK… From the mother to the very last one of them down the line…. Ah, the inhumanity of humans, lovely to see in action…. Screw them, and if they don’t like me saying that, tough shit! What they gonna do, break my arms and legs to lay me in a bed and starve me?
1:50 pm on April 6th, 2008
BULLSHIT I forgot to add………….
2:51 pm on April 6th, 2008
Ahhh….there’s Rev. Making as much sense as usual. I thought maybe he got lost.
Imp and Kathy…I too noticed there was a lack of pictures of Jayden. Even the baby head stompin’ couple had pics of their baby up there. I think she just wanted to forget about him and move on with her life. Now she wants to play the sad, pathetic little victim. I hope the courts and the jury don’t fall for that shit.
8:57 pm on April 6th, 2008
Fuck off with your shit, man. How in the world can you support someone letting a sick child lie in their filth and not be repositioned to the point of acquiring bedsores? Have you ever seen a bedsore? Horrible fucking things. I’ve seen many of them in nursing, patients come from home, not being cared for, with big goddamn sores on their hips and backs. I’ve seen sores down to the bone.
How would you like to be ill man, and no one care for you? You are left to lay in your piss and shit for hours upon a time? That is a sick fucking way to treat someone. It is inhumane.
12:13 am on April 7th, 2008
That petition doesn’t mention Jayden by name once, he is only ever referred to as Erin’s son. How come? Is that deliberate, or just an indication that they have lost touch with the fact that Jayden was the true victim here, to the extent that they have completely depersonalised him into being a nameless burden.
They also keep saying (once in the forums and once in the petition) that the fact she has kept a 10 lb four year old child with lissencephaly alive is testamount to her care. Well, isn’t the fact that he lost so much weight so quickly, without her getting follow up or seeking medical care more than twice in the months leading up to his death testamount to her LACK of care?
12:31 am on April 7th, 2008
Did anyone notice that under her favorites section on her myspace page, it says her favorite book is “A Child Called IT”??? Now, that is the Dave Pelzer book… one of a few… about his horrible childhood. His brother Richard wrote 2 as well. Wonder if she used that as her inspiration for what she did to poor Jayden?
Even with the assholes that are defending her by saying that his body weight was a result of the disease and signing this JOKE of a petition to EXONERATE HER and GIVE HER SON BACK (and we all know that if that happens, she will probably finish what she started out to do and kill the poor, innocent child), how do you explain that his body temp was 91.1 and his medications weren’t even in his bloodstream? I mean, SHIT!
My 10 yr. old gets migraines and when he has one, I can’t even sleep at night for fear of it turning into something worse. How can a mother, NO MATTER HOW YOUNG, basically turn a blind eye to her own child??
Maybe it’s just me, but I think all of the idiots out there defending this inhumane bitch need to be put on trial as well… As they were all accomplices to this… If only to the extent of not doing anything. Just as guilty as the mom who stands by and does nothing while the penis of the week beats her kids right in front of her.
This all sounds to me like Jayden was just a hardship for her and she saw a way back to the ‘normal’ teenage years she was supposed to have before she spread her legs to some joker without thinking of the consequences.
Just sayin’…
2:34 am on April 7th, 2008
Yeah, a few people jumped on this in the forums. [shakes head sadly]
2:36 am on April 7th, 2008
Speaking of photos on MySpace pages, RevSaint, loooove your rebel flag.
6:50 am on April 7th, 2008
Rev. Saint, you are a fucking idiot. I also would like to know where dear old Jonathan was when his girlfriend’s child was starving to death? It didnt occur to him to say “Hey bitch, have you been feeding your kid?”
You people disgust me, over my dead body will Erin get JAYDEN back (yeah, that’s his name, remember? He isn’t just some possession of Erin’s that got repo’d or something). I live in Florida and I will make my own petition and write my own letters to make sure Gov. Crist knows what a mistake that would be! You have some damn nerve, if she couldn’t handle the child before, as you say, what makes you think she can handle him now? I doubt she even wants him, it seems to me to be a ploy to make her seem “caring” and get her out of jail.
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