Mom fights for custody after giving sick 3-year-old pot, stands by decision
Kelsey Osborne is heartbroken, as her daughter and son have been taken from their home, while Osborne fights a misdemeanor injury to child charge.
“She was begging me to save her that she was going to die,” said Osborne. “She said she loved her dad and Mike and me and her step mom, and she started going in to a seizure, her eyes locked to the side of her head, she couldn’t move.”
Osborne’s 3-year-old daughter Madyson was suffering from a seizure, something doctors have not found the cause of.
When Osborne was told to wait several hours before the next doctor’s appointment, she made a tough decision, one that has now gone viral.
“At about 11 o’ clock is when I decided with my knowledge of cannabis, I was going to give her just a tiny bit in a smoothie and butter and it helped her,” said Osborne. “Thirty minutes later, she stopped having seizures and she stopped hallucinating.”
At the doctor’s office, a battery of tests were run to figure out the cause, one of which came back positive for THC.
That’s when the Department of Health and Welfare were called as part of protocol and Child Protective Services got involved.
Currently, her two children, Madyson and Ryker are staying with their father, and Osborne is allowed supervised visitation.
“I was sitting there thinking, I know this will help her and I know I can get in trouble for it, but this is my daughter’s life,” said Osborne.
KMVT reports that nine states will have marijuana reform on their November 8th ballot, but Idaho is not one of them.
For this mother, she says something has to change.
“This is her home, I’ve always been her main caregiver to my children since day one, I feel like at least medicinal should be legalized in Idaho,” said Osborne.
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jmo,,The doctor should of NEVER REPORTED HER,, knowing full well what would happen to this little family if he did report her..THE DOCTOR SHOULD OF GOTTEN THEM IN RITE AWAY,,.The Doctor should of given a script for medical marijuana use for siezures to this family,,insteads of making everything WORSE for this family and this child,,,,,when she is grown up,,she is gonna HATE our governmet and the police,,,for what they did to her,,People will forget what u say,,what u did,,,but they will NEVER forget how u made them feel,,,This poor child was forcible taken from a good Ma,,and family,,because she was sic,,,and a doctor to old fashion,who obvuiosly did NOT CARE about the welfare of this child or thee impact on this family by forcible taking away their daughter,,,,Dr.Governmet stay out of our PRIVATE MEDICAL DECISIONS,,, u only make things worse,,usual,,,mary
I don’t blame this mom one bit for what she did! Most parents would give their lives if it meant saving their children. We (parents) certainly would not hesitate to break the law if we felt like our child’s life was in danger.
U know,, its not like this
Ma filled up a bong hit and blew it into her childs face,,,,she used a small amount in a smoothy,,,,,she was only trying help her daughter from possible dieing during a seizure,by trying too STOP THE SIEZURE,, any good ma would of done the same thing!!!mary