Indianapolis, IN

Fri 28 September 2007

So, I’m thinking about people who bite children. This is the most bizarre story I’ve heard in a while. A couple took their young son to the newly-named Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital (at St. Vincent’s) to have a blood test run in lieu of the recent lead paint fiasco. While they were there, she explained to the nurse that her son was autistic. The nurse all of a sudden leaned in and bit the kid on the neck!! (I guess we’ve got a regular Dracula on our hands.) Then what gets me is that the nurse just laughed it off and said something like, “Oh, that’s just a playful bite. He’s not hurt. We did that at the group home I used to work at.” If I were the kid’s mother, I would’ve had to hit the lady right then and there. I would’ve risked an assault charge of my own. I have a real problem with using biting as a means against anyone. (There are some people who believe that if your child has a problem with biting, then you should bite them back. They are so wrong.) How can anyone bite a child? The mother said that there were two sets of upper teeth marks (as if she bit him twice) and one set of lowers. I would be concerned with infectious diseases. (I believe that they gave the child antibiotics.) I’m still flabbergasted. Who in their right mind would think this is ok?? I think she might need to have a psych evaluation. Luckily, the woman has been fired from Mid America Labs. The parents are turning this into a criminal act and have filed assault charges against the woman. (I fully back the parents on this one.) I hope the woman gets charged, does time, pays a bunch of fines, has probation, is stripped of her nursing license, and can’t get another job near children or incapacitated adults. It just makes me sick that she was laughing at the fact that she’s been biting people for a while. Maybe she can ask the judge if she can do her time in Transylvania.

: biting children, Mid America Labs, Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital, St. Vincent’s Hospital, assault charges, assaulting a child