Well, it has been over a month since my family was ripped apart and my children were "legally kidnapped" from my husband and I.
Here is a little bit about why our organization has been formed. We are a group of like-minded parents seeking reform within Alabama's Department of Human Resources. We have mountains of evidence showing abuse and neglect in the hands of foster parents after children have been ripped away from loving, attentive, caring parents. These children have been taken away based on allegations and heresay with absolutely no regard for the childrens' well being. What is worse is that DHR seems to be above the law. Judges, attorneys, police officers, and other government officials NEVER take circumstances into consideration; DHR is ALWAYS right in the eyes of the justice system. Where is the justice in that? Please aide in our cause to STOP this abuse that is being inflicted on our children. 1 month ago my children were ripped away from my husband and I because my ex decided he wanted my oldest son to live with him. He called DHR and made allegations of drug use in my home. Due to the ASFA act, DHR was able to take my 5 sons with absolutely no investigation or proof of the heresay. My oldest 3 were sent to their dads' and my 2 babies were separated into 2 foster homes. My husband and I both passed drug screens, but that did not matter. Once they are in the system, it takes time and money, a lot of it, to get my boys back. It took 3 weeks of begging, and finally demanding, to even get a visit with my 2 babies. When we got to the department for the visit, my 12 week old son arrived first with his foster mother. As we chitchatted, she openly admitted to me that she had been administering him with MORPHINE because he was fussy and would not sleep. I asked where the morphine came from and she let me know that it was left over from a Meth addicted baby that she fostered before. I reported this to the caseworker, who allowed the woman to take my child home, was aware that she was in trouble, and still left him in her care for another 10 hours!!! When we saw our 15 month old at the visit, our worst nightmare was reality. His hair was matted to his head, his finger and toenails were long and dirty, he smelled of a dumpster, and his clothes were a size 6 months. We removed his diaper to find grapefruit size welps on his rear end that were rapidly growing over his entire body. PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS BELOW. The smell was coming from his genitals and he appeared to have not been bathed since he left our care. His eye was swollen and bruised. We demanded that the caseworker take him to the ER and she refused, stating that we were overreacting. His fever had grown to 103 degrees and my husband called the police. We filed a police report and only then did DHR take him to Children's Hospital. He was admitted into the Special Care Unit and started on IV antibiotics immediately. He stayed 4 days with my husband and I by his bedside the entire time. No DHR worker stayed with him. We found out that the foster mother was made aware of the huge welps at noon by the daycare and did NOTHING. The doctors told us that had we not had the visit with him that day at 5:00, he could have died. AT DISCHARGE, DHR ALLOWED HIM TO GO BACK TO THE SAME FOSTER HOME. And we are the danger??? My boys belong at home, with me and their daddy. I miss them so much. I know they are scared, alone, and possible in a lot of pain. What is happening NOW is abuse. DHR harms more families than helps them. My story is not the first. This happens more than we can imagine. Children are torn away from good homes and families are wrongly destroyed so that the state can make money and reach their caseload quota. All we are to them is a case. These workers get to go home at night and feel no emotion, no pain, and no hurt. Our children get to feel those things, as do we. Our children are the ones being punished. PLEASE HELP US BRING OUR BOYS HOME. PLEASE HELP US BE A FAMILY LIKE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. PLEASE HELP US MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ANYMORE. PLEASE HELP US REFORM THE SYSTEM. WE NEED YOU DESPERATELY. IT IS PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO CAN SAVE THE LIVES OF THESE INNOCENT CHILDREN. THEY BELONG WITH LOVING MOMMIES AND DADDIES.
