Tuesday, February 10, 2009
I agree with grandma.
The mother of those octuplets. I've been writing about her in this blog. Sort of taking a neutral stance up to now. But the more I learn from news accounts, the more I think she'd have difficulty handling one child. Let alone, 14. The octuplets and 6 more she already had. I've seen her living conditions. A 3-bedroom home. Owned by her mother. The woman is unemployed. Unmarried. This is an absurd situation. This woman has far more than she can handle. Even if she gets public financial assistance, there's no way she'll be able to take adequate care of all those youngsters. It's an overwhelming task. And for a single mother, it'll be a horrendous task. My guess is that social services won't allow her to keep all those children. Wouldn't surprise me if she's not allowed to keep any of the octuplets. Three of the older children have serious health problems. And it could be that some of the octuplets, born 10 weeks prematurely, also may have health problems. It's a wonder that a fertility doctor agreed to invitro fertilization in this woman, despite the fact that she already had 6 children. And no visible means of support. The woman denied being on public assistance. But that has proved untrue. She was already receiving $492 a month in food stamps. And the three children with health problems have medical bills being paid for out of public funds. The woman's mother said her daughter's decision to become pregnant again was an unconscionable act. I agree with grandma. --Jim Broede
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Jim---Been diggling around myself.
Found a blog that covers the story as far as 02/05. The link is
http://thehollytree.blogspot.com/2009/01/who-is-father-of-octuplets.html
In other reading I learned that Nadya has collected over $165000 in disability money for a work injury. (The details are sketchy...but there could have been 2 injuries and the amount for both which were the result of the same incident could be over $200,000.) Apparently she did not keep any of the required doctors appointments...The disability people are threatening to cut her off if she does not show up for the next one.
Kamrava, the suspected fertility clinic doctor, is under scrutiny for his irresponsible actions. I hope that he loses the right to practice.
I think that your guess that she will not be allowed to keep any of the octuplets is going to be wrong. Taking them away would raise a stink and the legal cost would probably dwarf the cost of raising the children using tax payer money.
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