Gavin Attoe claims cancer medication is to blame for abusing his 3mo daughter

[Hellsbells]

Father charged in abuse of 3-month-old girl

A La Crosse father admitted to crushing his infant daughter's chest hard enough to hear and feel her rib crack, according to court records filed Thursday.

Gavin Attoe also confessed to bending the 3-month-old girl's knees to her chest to deplete the air from her lungs to halt her crying.

Attoe, who is in remission from Hodgkin's lymphoma, blamed his medication for his loss of control.

Attoe and his wife took the infant to Franciscan Skemp Medical Center on Feb. 16 after the child began vomiting and refused to drink from a bottle.
Prosecutors in La Crosse County Circuit Court charged Attoe, 29, with five counts of physical abuse of a child for injuring his daughter between Oct. 29 and Feb. 16 at his home at 829 Avon St.

X-rays revealed the child suffered fractures to her skull, ribs, arms and legs. Doctors also noted bruising on her abdomen, back and cheek, according to the complaint.

Attoe described for investigators several ways he "may have" caused the infant's injuries during her bouts of inconsolable crying and when she would not cooperate while he was dressing her, according to the complaint.

He said he forced her leg to her face after the infant kicked his surgical incision, the complaint states. Attoe recalled her crying in pain.

Attoe said he pulled his daughter's arms behind her back when she was flailing as he tried to dress her.

The baby had difficulty sleeping after the incident where her rib cracked, Attoe said, but he did not tell his wife or take the infant to the hospital.

"(Attoe) ... said he felt that he failed as a parent," the complaint states.

http://lacrossetribune.com/news/loca...cc4c03286.html

[walkingeagle]

His meds are not to blame! Not only did he fail as a parent, he fails to pass the bullshit test!

[tmdgirl]

Attoe, who is in remission from Hodgkin's lymphoma, blamed his medication for his loss of control.

Attoe and his wife took the infant to Franciscan Skemp Medical Center on Feb. 16 after the child began vomiting and refused to drink from a bottle.
Prosecutors in La Crosse County Circuit Court charged Attoe, 29, with five counts of physical abuse of a child for injuring his daughter between Oct. 29 and Feb. 16 at his home at 829 Avon St.

X-rays revealed the child suffered fractures to her skull, ribs, arms and legs. Doctors also noted bruising on her abdomen, back and cheek, according to the complaint.(The baby would have been in obvious physical distress from all those injuries)

What a complete asshat. And the wife is either dumb as a rock or blind if she did not notice anything wrong with her baby over those 3 1/2 months that the abuse was going on. She deserves to be charged too.

[Tundratot]

If cancer meds were to blame for this, we'd have to restrict cancer patients from caring for children. I don't think he's going to have any support for his theory.

He may have been feeling bad, I can understand that, but many mothers who deliver by C-section have surgical scars and pain, you don't see them abusing their babies for contact with those sites or for the pain of recovery or because the pain meds made them do it. It's preposterous.

True answer is he's a selfish insect. Insect should have known he shouldn't have had a child in the house if his level of tolerance was so low.

[Farce scape]

Why do I get the impression that "using the sympathy card", in regards to being a cancer survivor, has allowed this man to get away with all kinds of unrelated crap, in the past???

Cancer truly sucks.
But... strikes both good people AND bad, without prejudice.
I'm sure this guy was just as evil a little prick before his bout of cancer, as he is now.
The only difference being, that now he's gotten quite used to people issuing him a "free-pass" on his bullshit and/or bad behavior, because they feel bad for all the suffering he's gone thru.

Ya know what?
Don't waste your pity on him!
Save all that coddling and pity for the 3 month old infant he nearly abused to death.
She's the one who needs and deserves it!

[badfish76]

Maybe that bout of cancer was prepaid Karma for what is coming for his ass now.

I hate people that try to make idiotic excuses for hurting children.

[Tundratot]

Gavin Attoe's facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/GavinAttoe
Jessica Attoe's facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1051218345

[tmdgirl]

From asshat's fb page:

Gavin Attoe
If I could repair what I have done to Mina by sacrificing my own life I would. I do not blame my chemotherapy or my medicine for the harm I've caused to my daughter(changed his story pretty quick here) and she never deserved any pain. I know I can never take back what harm I have done. I'm sorry to my daughter especially, and my family for my arrogance and failure to admit I am unable to take care of my daughter sooner.
17 hours ago · View Feedback (6)Hide Feedback (6)

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Stephannie Runge Pajtash Kind of a scary post, Gavin. Hope everything is okay!
16 hours ago
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Victoria Fox Gaedtke ditto, I don't know whats going on... But I hope everyone is ok!
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Mandy Jahnke everything okay?
14 hours ago
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Teresa Wolff OMG I hope everything is ok, this sounds scary
9 hours ago
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Angelia Peter just want to let you know i love you guys :)
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Jennifer Knowles Gavin I highly doubt you are "unable to take care of" your daughter. You are a very smart, responsible, caring human being. I wish more people like you would reproduce. You know how many total dipshits out there have babies every day?? Please don't be so hard on yourself!!(OMG!! I want to jump on this chick and tell her what this fucknut did and that he should not ever be allowed near children again, let alone reproduce.)
3 hours ago

Nice to know his friends are all so lovey and supportive of this dickwad. I wonder how they'll feel once they find out what he did to his beautiful innocent child.

[tmdgirl]

Seems they have an older child too, a little boy. I wonder if he has been checked out or removed from the home by CPS.

http://www.facebook.com/GavinAttoe#!/GavinAttoe?sk=wall

Gavin Attoe Yeah, I found that out from Jessica like the first or second time we watched Blue's Clues with Vincent. I was confused by the multiple hosts (Joe and Steve) I thought she was confusing it with MST3K where the host switched halfway through the series.
February 4 at 5:44pm

Interesting post on the fb page about the little boy and an issue with a school/bus and his behaviour.

[ineedanap]

You know, if he wants to blame the cancer meds, fine. Take them away, along with the kids. And he can live or not, happily ever after for the rest of us. Useless peice of fucking shit. Hate it when they make me cuss, btw!

[brokenandtwisted]

I have never heard, read or studied [of] 'cancer medication' (whatever the fuck that means - 'cause it could mean anything) causing someone to become a crazy motherfucker.

[Gavin]

I see none of you bothered to research what corticosteroids are in the past 10 1/2 months, which were the drugs that I said I felt caused me to snap. These are not "chemo" medications as the La Crosse Tribune incorrectly states. Yes, high doses of prednisone or any other corticosteroid, such as oral hydrocortisone are known to cause psychotic behavior. Cortisol is the steroid produced by your adrenal glands when you are under extreme stress. Hospitals, unfortunately, commonly use it for banal purposes of reducing inflammation. The dosage someone my weight and body size would be on, according to Dr. Pehling, is 30 mg. He doubled that to 60mg for my chemotherapy (when my liver's functionality was compromised and could not process it or the Vicodin I was still on as well). After this whole issue at the hospital occured, and I was able to quit using Vicodin I reduced the amount of steroids I was receiving on my own because it did make me just as jerky and aggressive as when I was on high doses of Prednisone prior to developing cancer. I went to see Dr. Pehling again after I had lowered myself, and he seemed unaware that I was on Vicodin, and lowered my corticosteroid dose back to the 30 I was on prior to starting chemotherapy.

Mr. Maiharis decided to project many feelings onto me and write them down as if I had said them. I never said the words "frustrated", "angry" or "because she was crying". He contorted what I said to him and wrote down his own words. Not mine. The facebook post you stole from my page reflects that I have always pointed out that I never had any intention of hurting her.

My daughter was seen biweekly by my oncologist - Dr. Bottner. My wife always brought us both in for my treatment so she could drive me home. He never showed any concern, during this time, that she may have been injured or abused in any way. He also knew I was taking care of her while my wife worked because we were financially devastated from my four surgeries in the summer of 2010, and the wound vac to draw in enough flesh so my intestines wouldn't fall out in my hands like they did after the first surgery and I was sent home. The copay on the wound vac alone was $400. I managed to finish out my last semester at college and get my bachelor's degree in December of 2010, with a still open and bleeding wound, having started chemo that November, still on Vicodin (allowed 4 per day, but told to cut down to 2), on corticosteroids from the Endocrinology department at Gundersen and just having a newborn daughter that semester as well.

Jennifer Knowles Gavin I highly doubt you are "unable to take care of" your daughter. You are a very smart, responsible, caring human being. I wish more people like you would reproduce. You know how many total dipshits out there have babies every day?? Please don't be so hard on yourself!!(OMG!! I want to jump on this chick and tell her what this fucknut did and that he should not ever be allowed near children again, let alone reproduce.)

Jennifer is my cousin, and is the closest to my age in my family. She has known me my whole life, while you only "know" some incorrect hearsay from an emotional detective.

Also if you don't believe me about steroid psychosis, I encourage you to look it up. I did plenty of research after I was able to get off of the Vicodin in March. If you want to hear first hand accounts of what corticosteroids make you feel (including accounts of people wanting to kill dogs they love, and feeling hatred enough towards their spouse that they love and married to jump out of a moving vehicle) - I encourage you to look at these 2 forums:

http://forums.lymphoma.com/showthread.php?t=14289

http://www.inspire.com/groups/advanc...roid-pychosis/

What do I want you to take away from this? 1. Never talk to the police. They will lie to make themselves look better and get an advancement in their job. 2. Never judge a person before first doing your necessary research. You assumed incorrectly that my doctors knew what they were doing, no doctor on earth can know what they're doing when it's only the 4th case of these chronic diseases occurring together. You also assumed incorrectly that what was printed in the paper were accurate quotes from me, and you assume incorrectly that you would have somehow done better in my position.

You need to take down the pictures of my wife and child immediately. That is copyrighted material and not for your use. You need to take down the address you have posted, and hopefully some of you will come to your senses and apologize to my wife and I for your actions against us.

[SqueezeBoxx]

That is quite a lengthy explanation.

I am confused though, so you did not hurt the baby or you did hurt the baby? The type of things mentioned in that report sound pretty mean. Is it all a lie?

People here have pretty low opinions of people who beat and break kids. Surely you can understand that.

[newstarshipsmell]

The facebook post you stole from my page reflects that I have always pointed out that I never had any intention of hurting her.
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What do I want you to take away from this? 1. Never talk to the police. They will lie to make themselves look better and get an advancement in their job. 2. Never judge a person before first doing your necessary research. You assumed incorrectly that my doctors knew what they were doing, no doctor on earth can know what they're doing when it's only the 4th case of these chronic diseases occurring together. You also assumed incorrectly that what was printed in the paper were accurate quotes from me, and you assume incorrectly that you would have somehow done better in my position.

You need to take down the pictures of my wife and child immediately. That is copyrighted material and not for your use. You need to take down the address you have posted, and hopefully some of you will come to your senses and apologize to my wife and I for your actions against us.

LOL, Internet Lawyers.

Perhaps before making laughable demands here you ought to familiarize yourself with the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities on Facebook, you know, that site that you signed up for and use and that people quoted stuff/linked to from here. To make it even easier on you, I'll go ahead and repost the relevant information here for you, that's what a nice guy I am:

This Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (Statement) derives from the Facebook Principles, and governs our relationship with users and others who interact with Facebook. By using or accessing Facebook, you agree to this Statement.

1. Privacy

Your privacy is very important to us. We designed our Privacy Policy to make important disclosures about how you can use Facebook to share with others and how we collect and can use your content and information. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy, and to use it to help make informed decisions.

Sharing Your Content and Information

You own all of the content and information you post on Facebook, and you can control how it is shared through your privacy and application settings. In addition:

1. For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos (IP content), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook (IP License). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it.
...
4. When you publish content or information using the Public setting, it means that you are allowing everyone, including people off of Facebook, to access and use that information, and to associate it with you (i.e., your name and profile picture).
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http://www.facebook.com/legal/terms

Your address is already publicly displayed in the article that the original post quotes from - LaCrosseTribune.com is who you should be demanding to take it down, not DD buddy. I don't see any pictures of your wife/child - I'm assuming that you mean the links to the Facebook accounts; learn how to use Facebook - it's up to you whether or not you want to share your personal information with only certain people or the entire Internet. You're kind of giving up your privacy when you upload content and share it publicly. For most people that probably isn't a big deal, until, you know, they suddenly become the subject of a criminal investigation and gain unwanted media exposure.

I guarantee that what with the tone of your post, your demands to have previous posts edited, and your efforts to change our minds about law enforcement and physicians, and elicit an undeserved apology, will completely fail. But good luck!

[nopatience]

I see none of you bothered to research what corticosteroids are in the past 10 1/2 months, which were the drugs that I said I felt caused me to snap. These are not "chemo" medications as the La Crosse Tribune incorrectly states. Yes, high doses of prednisone or any other corticosteroid, such as oral hydrocortisone are known to cause psychotic behavior. Cortisol is the steroid produced by your adrenal glands when you are under extreme stress. Hospitals, unfortunately, commonly use it for banal purposes of reducing inflammation. The dosage someone my weight and body size would be on, according to Dr. Pehling, is 30 mg. He doubled that to 60mg for my chemotherapy (when my liver's functionality was compromised and could not process it or the Vicodin I was still on as well). After this whole issue at the hospital occured, and I was able to quit using Vicodin I reduced the amount of steroids I was receiving on my own because it did make me just as jerky and aggressive as when I was on high doses of Prednisone prior to developing cancer. I went to see Dr. Pehling again after I had lowered myself, and he seemed unaware that I was on Vicodin, and lowered my corticosteroid dose back to the 30 I was on prior to starting chemotherapy.

Mr. Maiharis decided to project many feelings onto me and write them down as if I had said them. I never said the words "frustrated", "angry" or "because she was crying". He contorted what I said to him and wrote down his own words. Not mine. The facebook post you stole from my page reflects that I have always pointed out that I never had any intention of hurting her.

My daughter was seen biweekly by my oncologist - Dr. Bottner. My wife always brought us both in for my treatment so she could drive me home. He never showed any concern, during this time, that she may have been injured or abused in any way. He's an oncologist ~ YOUR oncologist, not a pediatrician. Did he examine the baby during this time or just observe her? Your statement makes no sense. He also knew I was taking care of her while my wife worked because we were financially devastated from my four surgeries in the summer of 2010, and the wound vac to draw in enough flesh so my intestines wouldn't fall out in my hands like they did after the first surgery and I was sent home. The copay on the wound vac alone was $400. I managed to finish out my last semester at college and get my bachelor's degree in December of 2010, with a still open and bleeding wound, having started chemo that November, still on Vicodin (allowed 4 per day, but told to cut down to 2), on corticosteroids from the Endocrinology department at Gundersen and just having a newborn daughter that semester as well.



Jennifer is my cousin, and is the closest to my age in my family. She has known me my whole life, while you only "know" some incorrect hearsay from an emotional detective.

Also if you don't believe me about steroid psychosis, I encourage you to look it up. I did plenty of research after I was able to get off of the Vicodin in March. If you want to hear first hand accounts of what corticosteroids make you feel (including accounts of people wanting to kill dogs they love, and feeling hatred enough towards their spouse that they love and married to jump out of a moving vehicle) - I encourage you to look at these 2 forums:

http://forums.lymphoma.com/showthread.php?t=14289

http://www.inspire.com/groups/advanc...roid-pychosis/

What do I want you to take away from this? 1. Never talk to the police. They will lie to make themselves look better and get an advancement in their job. 2. Never judge a person before first doing your necessary research. You assumed incorrectly that my doctors knew what they were doing, no doctor on earth can know what they're doing when it's only the 4th case of these chronic diseases occurring together. You also assumed incorrectly that what was printed in the paper were accurate quotes from me, and you assume incorrectly that you would have somehow done better in my position.

You need to take down the pictures of my wife and child immediately. That is copyrighted material and not for your use. You need to take down the address you have posted, and hopefully some of you will come to your senses and apologize to my wife and I for your actions against us.

You can backpedal and ramble trying to save face all you want, but this speaks volumes to me....

X-rays revealed the child suffered fractures to her skull, ribs, arms and legs. Doctors also noted bruising on her abdomen, back and cheek, according to the complaint. Medicine or not, that is a lot of injuries on a baby. IF it was your medication, that you are a total fucking waste for not telling someone after the first incident and allowing yourself to lose control and harm a baby.

Attoe described for investigators several ways he "may have" caused the infant's injuries during her bouts of inconsolable crying and when she would not cooperate while he was dressing her, according to the complaint.

He said he forced her leg to her face after the infant kicked his surgical incision, the complaint states. Attoe recalled her crying in pain. You got angry at a baby because she kicked your incision? What are you, 2 y/o? Babies kick and flail - IT'S WHAT THEY DO. She didn't intentionally kick your boo-boo. But you did intentionally hurt her in return.

Attoe said he pulled his daughter's arms behind her back when she was flailing as he tried to dress her. How'd that work for you? Did she just lay there and allow you to dress her then? I'm guessing not.

The baby had difficulty sleeping after the incident where her rib cracked, Attoe said, but he did not tell his wife or take the infant to the hospital. You KNEW she was in pain and hurt, yet you let her suffer because you are a coward.

"(Attoe) ... said he felt that he failed as a parent," the complaint states.

Understatement of the year!!

My opinion is that you despised this baby because she took your wife's attention away from you and your problems. I find you a pathetic coward who intentionally hurt a baby and looked for the first scapegoat you could find. Biggest reason? Because, as I said, IF it was your medication, you should have let someone know the affect it was having on you BEFORE you intentionally hurt a baby. You are nothing more than a spineless coward.

I agree that the media does sometimes twist things around and make them more sinister than they truly are, but you can't twist those injuries. They were documented and proven.

[tmdgirl]

Your explanation has me laughing. I have taken numerous corticosteroids over the course of my life...even in the past 15 years, and I currently have 4 children (aged 15 years-21 months). Not once has the medication I take ever caused me to injure any of my children.

Your oncologist seeing your daughter is also moot...unless he is a pediatrician and physically examined her on each and every visit, then you can say whatever you want, but it still means nothing.

Your facebook post does not say you didn't intend to hurt your daughter...it does say that you wish you could take back the hurt you did cause her. And whether you intended to hurt her or not, you did actually do something to injure her...and then you hid that, instead of getting her immediate medical attention, you kept doing it to her over a period of months.

All I see from your post are excuse after excuse...and I highly doubt the police you spoke to were lying to further their careers...to blame them for your actions is pretty low.

I do hope your daughter is doing well now, and that you are made to pay for the damage you caused to her.

[TearCollector]

I've been on very high doses of different corticosteroids, strong pain killers, muscle relaxers and several other medications.
Not one time did I ever feel as if I wanted to unnecessarily beat anyone, least of all a child.

I know people react differently to certain meds., but dude, stop with the lame ass excuses since your child was hurt in so many different ways. By you coming here and trying to make us 'understand' or feel guilty for posting your information or our opinion of you does nothing but convince me that you are the piece of shit described in the article. Your wife is owed no apologies as I can't see how she wouldn't know. Women who purposely ignore their own child being abused surely deserve something, but an apology it's not.

We read stories like yours on an almost daily basis. No one else has ever garnered our sympathy, why the hell would you?

[AngelFire]

I tink Charlie Brown's momma walked in cause all I can read is wah, wah, wah!!!

[Jezebel]

I see none of you bothered to research what corticosteroids are in the past 10 1/2 months, which were the drugs that I said I felt caused me to snap. These are not "chemo" medications as the La Crosse Tribune incorrectly states. Yes, high doses of prednisone or any other corticosteroid, such as oral hydrocortisone are known to cause psychotic behavior. Cortisol is the steroid produced by your adrenal glands when you are under extreme stress. Hospitals, unfortunately, commonly use it for banal purposes of reducing inflammation. The dosage someone my weight and body size would be on, according to Dr. Pehling, is 30 mg. He doubled that to 60mg for my chemotherapy (when my liver's functionality was compromised and could not process it or the Vicodin I was still on as well). After this whole issue at the hospital occured, and I was able to quit using Vicodin I reduced the amount of steroids I was receiving on my own because it did make me just as jerky and aggressive as when I was on high doses of Prednisone prior to developing cancer. I went to see Dr. Pehling again after I had lowered myself, and he seemed unaware that I was on Vicodin, and lowered my corticosteroid dose back to the 30 I was on prior to starting chemotherapy.

Mr. Maiharis decided to project many feelings onto me and write them down as if I had said them. I never said the words "frustrated", "angry" or "because she was crying". He contorted what I said to him and wrote down his own words. Not mine. The facebook post you stole from my page reflects that I have always pointed out that I never had any intention of hurting her.

My daughter was seen biweekly by my oncologist - Dr. Bottner. My wife always brought us both in for my treatment so she could drive me home. He never showed any concern, during this time, that she may have been injured or abused in any way. He also knew I was taking care of her while my wife worked because we were financially devastated from my four surgeries in the summer of 2010, and the wound vac to draw in enough flesh so my intestines wouldn't fall out in my hands like they did after the first surgery and I was sent home. The copay on the wound vac alone was $400. I managed to finish out my last semester at college and get my bachelor's degree in December of 2010, with a still open and bleeding wound, having started chemo that November, still on Vicodin (allowed 4 per day, but told to cut down to 2), on corticosteroids from the Endocrinology department at Gundersen and just having a newborn daughter that semester as well.



Jennifer is my cousin, and is the closest to my age in my family. She has known me my whole life, while you only "know" some incorrect hearsay from an emotional detective.

Also if you don't believe me about steroid psychosis, I encourage you to look it up. I did plenty of research after I was able to get off of the Vicodin in March. If you want to hear first hand accounts of what corticosteroids make you feel (including accounts of people wanting to kill dogs they love, and feeling hatred enough towards their spouse that they love and married to jump out of a moving vehicle) - I encourage you to look at these 2 forums:

http://forums.lymphoma.com/showthread.php?t=14289

http://www.inspire.com/groups/advanc...roid-pychosis/

What do I want you to take away from this? 1. Never talk to the police. They will lie to make themselves look better and get an advancement in their job. 2. Never judge a person before first doing your necessary research. You assumed incorrectly that my doctors knew what they were doing, no doctor on earth can know what they're doing when it's only the 4th case of these chronic diseases occurring together. You also assumed incorrectly that what was printed in the paper were accurate quotes from me, and you assume incorrectly that you would have somehow done better in my position.

You need to take down the pictures of my wife and child immediately. That is copyrighted material and not for your use. You need to take down the address you have posted, and hopefully some of you will come to your senses and apologize to my wife and I for your actions against us.

I don't want to say it because I believe in Karma so I hope someone else says that they hope your cancer kills you and that you are full of shit and shouldn't use medicine or your daughter being fussy as an excuse. I also hope someone else tells you you are a CUNT!

[travelbug0]

so if it was steroid rage plus surgery then how do you explain that you are a repeat offender? to bad previous events dont cross state lines & this happened in la cresent..."Gavin Osborne Attoe, 28, La Crosse, WI; 09/24/08 Domestic assault-intentionally inflicts bodily harm; Fees $1390 ($700 stayed for 1 year), jail 90 days (88 days stayed 1 year), supervised probation 1 year, no alcohol/ controlled substance use, no assault, no possession of alcohol or drugs, random testing, remain law abiding, education assessment/program, participate in parenting classes given by HCDHS."

[travelbug0]

la cresent, mn " Gavin Osborne Attoe, 28, La Crosse, WI; 09/24/08 Domestic assault-intentionally inflicts bodily harm; Fees $1390 ($700 stayed for 1 year), jail 90 days (88 days stayed 1 year), supervised probation 1 year, no alcohol/ controlled substance use, no assault, no possession of alcohol or drugs, random testing, remain law abiding, education assessment/program, participate in parenting classes given by HCDHS." repeat offender! another excuse or was it that persons fault too, because all I see above is you shifting blame. hell, it was most likely another kid. they are probably the only ones you can beat down. coward!

[lilsurfergirl91]

Seems they have an older child too, a little boy. I wonder if he has been checked out or removed from the home by CPS.

http://www.facebook.com/GavinAttoe#!/GavinAttoe?sk=wall



Interesting post on the fb page about the little boy and an issue with a school/bus and his behaviour.

I'm a very good friend of the family and yes the boy was checked out too. The Attoes are seperated. And Jessica is a very good mother and wife. In fact she was working two shifts to help pay for the medication while this asshat sat at home not working and was responsible for taking care of the kids. The boy is not Gavin's he's Jessica's son from a previous relationship and he's just fine. So is Mina, Jessica is taking wonderful care of her children and the little girl is healthy and thriving. The father has no contact with either children due to Jessica's wishes. So please do not drag her in with this bullshit. She was working all the time because she was the only one bringing in money so she didn't know anything was wrong with her daughter until she became ill. She was the one that wanted to bring her in right away while Gavin tried to convince her otherwise. So if she was "as dumb as a rock" their daughter never would've gone to the hospital in the first place.

[ineedanap]

I'm a very good friend of the family and yes the boy was checked out too. The Attoes are seperated. And Jessica is a very good mother and wife. In fact she was working two shifts to help pay for the medication while this asshat sat at home not working and was responsible for taking care of the kids. The boy is not Gavin's he's Jessica's son from a previous relationship and he's just fine. So is Mina, Jessica is taking wonderful care of her children and the little girl is healthy and thriving. The father has no contact with either children due to Jessica's wishes. So please do not drag her in with this bullshit. She was working all the time because she was the only one bringing in money so she didn't know anything was wrong with her daughter until she became ill. She was the one that wanted to bring her in right away while Gavin tried to convince her otherwise. So if she was "as dumb as a rock" their daughter never would've gone to the hospital in the first place.

Thank you for the update on the children, glad to hear they are both doing well.

[TheMeaningOfItAll]

I'm a very good friend of the family and yes the boy was checked out too. The Attoes are seperated. And Jessica is a very good mother and wife. In fact she was working two shifts to help pay for the medication while this asshat sat at home not working and was responsible for taking care of the kids. The boy is not Gavin's he's Jessica's son from a previous relationship and he's just fine. So is Mina, Jessica is taking wonderful care of her children and the little girl is healthy and thriving. The father has no contact with either children due to Jessica's wishes. So please do not drag her in with this bullshit. She was working all the time because she was the only one bringing in money so she didn't know anything was wrong with her daughter until she became ill. She was the one that wanted to bring her in right away while Gavin tried to convince her otherwise. So if she was "as dumb as a rock" their daughter never would've gone to the hospital in the first place.

Continue to be a good friend and make sure she doesn't go back to Gavin. There should be no second chances with a guy like him.

[tmdgirl]

I'm a very good friend of the family and yes the boy was checked out too. The Attoes are seperated. And Jessica is a very good mother and wife. In fact she was working two shifts to help pay for the medication while this asshat sat at home not working and was responsible for taking care of the kids. The boy is not Gavin's he's Jessica's son from a previous relationship and he's just fine. So is Mina, Jessica is taking wonderful care of her children and the little girl is healthy and thriving. The father has no contact with either children due to Jessica's wishes. So please do not drag her in with this bullshit. She was working all the time because she was the only one bringing in money so she didn't know anything was wrong with her daughter until she became ill. She was the one that wanted to bring her in right away while Gavin tried to convince her otherwise. So if she was "as dumb as a rock" their daughter never would've gone to the hospital in the first place.

I am happy to hear the children are doing well. I do still stand by my original post regarding the mother though--her baby girl was being abused for months--and yet she never took her to the hospital or to a doctor to find out what was causing all of her bruises and injuries. As a mother, there is nothing and nobody in this world that would stop me from taking my child to get checked out if they had suspicious injuries or bruising on their body.

This is the last update I could find, still looking for sentencing info.

http://kstp.com/article/stories/s2384586.shtml

A La Crosse man has pleaded no contest to charges that he broke his 3-month-old daughter's leg and once squeezed her hard enough to crack her rib.

Thirty-year-old Gavin O. Attoe pleaded no contest Tuesday to two counts of felony child abuse. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 32 years, 6 months in prison.

Prosecutors say the girl suffered multiple fractures to her arms and legs. Attoe told investigators that in an attempt to stop her from crying he had once crushed her chest until he felt a rib pop.

A La Crosse Tribune report says Attoe told the judge, "I did indeed hurt" the girl. He blamed his lymphoma medication for causing him to "snap."

He is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 18.

[somafox]

eh...still pretty dumbfounded by all this...ive known him for as long as i can remember and honestly i hate to say it but i saw this coming...kinda why i wished he would of just stayed with me but we had our various differences.everything was fine till get got on a real big workout kick and i honestly think it wasnt just his medication even back then he seemed a big roid ragey.could of been i pissed him off to that point but it all just seemed so over the top.
its no excuse for what happened by any means but he always had quite a dark side to him its what i loved about him the most really but that being said he just never really struck me as the type of guy to be able to deal with kids i would of rather him of punched me in the face every day rather than have a child and end up like this.
anyway...that was then this is now,if youd like to keep up more on the case you can go here,it has all the case details and whatnot...i will miss you gav even though you did this i cant bring myself to look down on you after all the crap i caused.if i can i'll visit someday

http://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetails...w+Case+Details

[DamagedGoods]

eh...still pretty dumbfounded by all this...ive known him for as long as i can remember and honestly i hate to say it but i saw this coming...kinda why i wished he would of just stayed with me but we had our various differences.everything was fine till get got on a real big workout kick and i honestly think it wasnt just his medication even back then he seemed a big roid ragey.could of been i pissed him off to that point but it all just seemed so over the top.
its no excuse for what happened by any means but he always had quite a dark side to him its what i loved about him the most really but that being said he just never really struck me as the type of guy to be able to deal with kids i would of rather him of punched me in the face every day rather than have a child and end up like this.
anyway...that was then this is now,if youd like to keep up more on the case you can go here,it has all the case details and whatnot...i will miss you gav even though you did this i cant bring myself to look down on you after all the crap i caused.if i can i'll visit someday

http://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetails...w+Case+Details

I cannot possibly imagine what you could have done to merit physical abuse. :/

[carolinablue]

I lost 6 years of my life and a job I loved because I was overdosed on steroids (id as well as oral doses) to ease the pain and advancing disability for rapidly advancing osteoarthritis, scoliosis, neuropathy and severe pain. I wound up with an anxiety disorder, frequent panic attacks, severe depression (when I wasn't shaking and sweating) and a weight gain of more than 60 lbs. Bullshit on his "steroids made me do it". 'Roid rage does occur...in people with a predisposition to violence; most of us get fat (steroids are stored in fat and take for-fucking-ever to wash out), have trouble with depression and anxiety. Your emotional and/or mental disorders are magnified by the steroids, you don't just turn into an out of control maniac unless there's a predisposition. So there!

[TheMeaningOfItAll]

@carolinablue is correct. The steroids bring out what is already underlying. If you are an asshole already, the steroids (in large doses) can make you a bigger asshole. My mother suffers from a chronic illness and was on high doses of steroids for many months. She was a total cunt. I attributed her "cuntiness" to the steroids, but really my whole life she's been an ungrateful bitch. The steroids just gave her a hair-trigger. She gained weight, her bi-polar disorder got worse, etc. @somafox I wonder about your frame of mind. This guy damaged a baby and you are willing to forgive him and even visit him when you get the chance? You loved the dark side of his personality? I don't know where your moral compass lands, but if any of my friends broke a baby or even misplaced a hair on a child, I'd be first in line for the ass-kicking he/she deserved.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

I lost 6 years of my life and a job I loved because I was overdosed on steroids (id as well as oral doses) to ease the pain and advancing disability for rapidly advancing osteoarthritis, scoliosis, neuropathy and severe pain. I wound up with an anxiety disorder, frequent panic attacks, severe depression (when I wasn't shaking and sweating) and a weight gain of more than 60 lbs. Bullshit on his "steroids made me do it". 'Roid rage does occur...in people with a predisposition to violence; most of us get fat (steroids are stored in fat and take for-fucking-ever to wash out), have trouble with depression and anxiety. Your emotional and/or mental disorders are magnified by the steroids, you don't just turn into an out of control maniac unless there's a predisposition. So there!

Steroids is more or less a class of drugs. There are many forms within that class. They kind used to treat pain, osteoarthritis, cancer, and other illness are related to the hormone cortisol. The type used by weightlifters are related to male sex hormones.

Trying to compare the action/reaction to the two isn't really fair. Corticosteroids can make people very irritable but have not been associated with the "roid rage" well documented with anabolic steroids.

What is a "Steroid"?

According to the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the term "steroid" is a chemical name for any substance that has a characteristic chemical structure consisting of multiple chemical rings of connected atoms. Some common examples of steroids are:

• Vitamin D
• cholestrol
• estrogen
• cortisone

Steroids are critical for keeping the body running smoothly. Various steroids have important roles in the body's reproductive system and both the structure and function of membranes.

What are Anabolic Steroids?

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, anabolic steroids are synthetic substances related to the male sex hormones (androgens). They promote growth of skeletal muscle (anabolic effect) and the development of male sexual characteristics (androgenic effects).
[...]

Anabolic steroids are available legally only by prescription, to treat conditions that occur when the body produces abnormally low amounts of testosterone, such as delayed puberty and some types of impotence. They are also prescribed to treat body wasting in patients with AIDS and other diseases that result in loss of lean muscle mass.

Anabolic steroids are being abused by some athletes and others to enhance performance or improve physical appearance. Abuse of anabolic steroids can lead to serious health problems, some of which are irreversible.

What are Corticosteroids?

Corticosteroids or glucocorticoids, often just called "steroids", are drugs closely related to cortisol, a hormone which is naturally produced in the adrenal cortex (the outer layer of the adrenal gland). Corticosteroids act on the immune system by blocking the production of substances that trigger allergic and inflammatory actions, such as prostaglandins.
[...]

http://arthritis.about.com/od/steroi...licsteroid.htm