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From that link;
"Some of them have never really seen a toothbrush before. ... Things that we just take for granted mean so much to these kids."
The fundraising info given in the USA today article matches up with it being more recent. Then the CBS article says they made changes to part of the hospital to make it more comfortable, which seems to corroborate w/ USA today's info.
I know we originally heard the adults were "going" to assisted living and debated what that might mean. I guess it meant staying in the hospital in this case. I wonder why it was reported as it was originally but can think of no nefarious reason. Plenty of mundane or even hopeful reasons though.
It does seem to me the siblings have been blessed with a team that is helping make the best individualized decisions for them and with them. I hope that is true and continues indefinitely. Even after the money and public interest dry up completely.
Ontario Mom's article has more updates. I know I don't always click, hope this isn't too much of the article to bring over.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/califo...peak-out-recovery-david-turpin-louise-turpin/
From the article:
Osborn and Caleb Mason represent the older siblings. They say the staff at the Corona Medical Center has converted part of the hospital to make it more comfortable for the seven. They set up an outdoor area where they can play sports and exercise. <snip>
The older and younger siblings have not yet reunited, but they communicate using Skype. In the short term, the attorneys say the older children simply want to go the beach, the mountains and the movies. But over the longer term, they want to attend college and pursue careers.
"I just want you to understand just what special individuals they are," Osborn said. "They all have their own aspirations and their own interests and now they may have an opportunity to address those, which is really exciting."
Ontario Mom's article has more updates. I know I don't always click, hope this isn't too much of the article to bring over.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/califo...peak-out-recovery-david-turpin-louise-turpin/
From the article:
Osborn and Caleb Mason represent the older siblings. They say the staff at the Corona Medical Center has converted part of the hospital to make it more comfortable for the seven. They set up an outdoor area where they can play sports and exercise. <snip>
The older and younger siblings have not yet reunited, but they communicate using Skype. In the short term, the attorneys say the older children simply want to go the beach, the mountains and the movies. But over the longer term, they want to attend college and pursue careers.
"I just want you to understand just what special individuals they are," Osborn said. "They all have their own aspirations and their own interests and now they may have an opportunity to address those, which is really exciting."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/23/us/turpins-child-torture-case/index.html
An amended complaint is expected to be filed today.
I saw somewhere that the time of hearing is 1:30 pacific. But no idea if that is correct and who is livestreaming it.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/23/us/turpin-children-music-therapy/index.htmlNow on the road to recovery, David and Louise Turpin's seven adult children are turning to music to help them heal.
They've been learning to play the guitar and singing Tom Petty's "Learning to Fly" and John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" as a form of musical therapy, said Mark Uffer, the CEO of Corona Regional Medical Center, where the five women and two men have been recovering since they were taken from their parents' home in January.
Assuming they want privacy, have they asked for privacy?
I've seen no reports them have.
After all many are adults who have been to Vegas etc...
And bought drinks apparently as the were asked for adult ID hence I find the idea
they would not be able to function in the world somewhat dubious.
Just my opinion of course. I have been wrong before (although I can't provide a link, you will have to
take my word for it) so I could be wrong again.
In my opinion, DT & LT are con artists. They excel in making their lives and family look like what they are not. To me, any quote attributed to them should be thought of as a likely deliberate attempt to mislead the hearer. I am puzzled by the many discussions on this website that don't seem to take this into consideration.
For example, when LT family members quoted Louise as having said some pretty strange things, many commenters felt that the family was making them up for attention. But on the other side, in this example, a neighbor said Louise had told her about taking their children to Vagas for 21st birthday parties and being asked for IDs, and no one (that I saw) considered that it could have been a "story" to support the "loving family" sham.
I believe they had other story lines, too. For her sisters, it was "I have a better, richer, more adventurous life than you do." Like saying she didn't know what money troubles were like, posting glamorous Disney World and Vagas trip photos, details of her "kinky sex" trips to Georgia.
For their religious parents, it was a "deeply devoted to God" story, with "its the Lords will" excuses for anything the parents tried to question. Like, the Lord called them to have so many children. And some of the children "wanted" to memorize the whole Bible. And I read, but can't find it again, where one of the sisters said that in reply to their parents' deathbed pleadings to see Louise and her family, she agreed to come for a visit two different times. At the last minute, one time she said she had had a bad dream the night before and when they prayed about it, they felt the Lord wanted her to stay home. The other time it was something about not being able to bring the children, and not wanting to leave them.
So I would certainly hesitate to form any opinions of their lives based on anything the parents ssid.
This is so great to hear:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/23/us/turpin-children-music-therapy/index.html
http://www.kesq.com/news/national-world/live-turpin-parent-court-appearance/706477899
There should be live streaming here.