First of all, the true victim is Maya and I hope she is feeling supported and thriving. It seemed that she was doing well in her teen years and after being off the high dosage of Ketamine. Perhaps it helped in the beginning of her illness, but eventually it caused her stomach pain and that was rectified by her coming off of it eventually.
I feel the mother had no support, she was already struggling with her mental health obviously from being the primary caretaker of her daughter and doing all of the research and care and trying to find doctors to listen and help. Everyone always forgets to care for the caretaker. Caretakers are at risk for attempting suicide much more than the average person. The hospital staff didn't like the mother because she was outspoken and that's true, most doctors don't like when you advocate. The father wasn't as involved in Maya's care and couldn't even answer basic questions about doctors they saw or didn't see once his wife had passed. He certainly didn't provide emotional support for his wife. He caved the second the hospital tried to pin them against each other. It's not surprising that the mother took her own life. She felt it was the only way to get her daughter back home. She sacrificed herself for her daughter. I do feel the mother had mental health issues, I think the fact that she obsessively wrote everything down that had to do with her daughter's illness was inductive of high levels of anxiety, but I don't think she had Munchussin by proxy.
The hospital does need to take ownership of what happened and the abuse they did to this family based on falsehoods. The father needs to take ownership of providing no support for his wife. When mothers are not supported in any capacity, children do not thrive.
I feel the mother had no support, she was already struggling with her mental health obviously from being the primary caretaker of her daughter and doing all of the research and care and trying to find doctors to listen and help. Everyone always forgets to care for the caretaker. Caretakers are at risk for attempting suicide much more than the average person. The hospital staff didn't like the mother because she was outspoken and that's true, most doctors don't like when you advocate. The father wasn't as involved in Maya's care and couldn't even answer basic questions about doctors they saw or didn't see once his wife had passed. He certainly didn't provide emotional support for his wife. He caved the second the hospital tried to pin them against each other. It's not surprising that the mother took her own life. She felt it was the only way to get her daughter back home. She sacrificed herself for her daughter. I do feel the mother had mental health issues, I think the fact that she obsessively wrote everything down that had to do with her daughter's illness was inductive of high levels of anxiety, but I don't think she had Munchussin by proxy.
The hospital does need to take ownership of what happened and the abuse they did to this family based on falsehoods. The father needs to take ownership of providing no support for his wife. When mothers are not supported in any capacity, children do not thrive.