A Nurse Told Me to Call My Husband—Then the Doctor Said the Police Had to Be Notified About What Was Found in Our Daughter’s Blood
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Chapter 8 - THE FIRST TIME MICHAEL SAW THE BOTTLEMichael changed his story.
Not completely.
Enough.
Through his attorney, he admitted witnessing Linda add drops to Emma’s lemonade approximately six weeks before hospitalization.
He said Linda described them as herbal.
He did not ask to see the label.
He told her:
“Not that much.”
Why say that if he believed it was harmless?
His answer:
Because the drink tasted strong.
I did not believe him.
Neither did Detective Ellis.
But disbelief is not evidence.
The investigation continued.
Michael insisted:
“I never knew she was using prescription medication.”
Possible.
He insisted:
“I never asked her to medicate Emma.”
Possible.
Then:
“I told her to stop after the sleepiness incident.”
That part we knew.
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He had concealed it.
Not possible to erase.
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Chapter 9 - MY OWN FAILUREI wanted to make Michael and Linda the entire story.
Chapter 10 - THE SCHOOL NURSE’S FILEEmma had visited the school nurse four times since October.
Chapter 11 - LINDA’S PRESCRIPTIONLegal process eventually established that Linda had an active prescription for the same medication class detected in Emma.
Chapter 12 - WHY LINDA USED A DROPPERLinda eventually explained through counsel.
Chapter 13 - THE POST I SHOULD NOT HAVE MADEI made my worst mistake six days after Emma came home.
Chapter 14 - THE BOTTLE FROM SCHOOLThe liquid remaining in Emma’s school bottle contained the same prescription sedative.
