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She supposedly ran away.
The operative word there is "supposedly".
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She supposedly ran away.
Aundria had an adoptive father whom she had accused of abusing her and who appears to be off balance (and who is probably a sociopath). It's possible that she ran away and turned to the wrong person for protectionmany runaways have been killed by predatorsbut there's good reason to be suspicious of Dennis, and any information coming from the adoptive parents is highly suspect as well.The operative word there is "supposedly".
The operative word there is "supposedly".
She supposedly ran away; according to the adoptive father; so I guess it was ok for them to move 6 months later. I don't recall if we knew why they moved; do you?
They probably moved because they bought the property on which they have lived since then. But their current residence would have been a very small house for four people (2 adults and 2 girls) to live in comfortably.
I wonder if they changed their phone number? How was Aundria going to find them without a phone number or addy?
I listened to both interviews.
"You do whatever you have to, to keep us from coming back here" That one line stays in my mind. It is at @41:50 of Cathy T's interview.
This is one sad missing person's case.
I was admitted to a state run charity hospital 2 weeks before my due date because I had become preeclamptic & was put on bed rest to bring my blood pressure down. They realized she was breech, which meant I had to have a C-section. It would have been nice to have my mother visit me through all of this but she did not. It would be months before I learned why. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer & had her breast removed while I was admitted.
I ended up going into labor on my own before the planned C-section date. I was in my hospital bed when my contractions started. I walked down to labor & delivery & told them I was having contractions. I was put on a bed in the L&D ward & was given Senconol (Barbituate) to keep my labor in check. I watched other women in pain for 12 hours. One was standing up on the bed screaming with all the tubes and wires hanging down from her body it was very surreal. The top doctor on the floor came up to me & said "you've been in labor for 11 hours & you haven't made a sound." I can't remember what I was thinking. Looking back, I was probably in shock from watching the other women in labor. Back then, they didn't have spinals, so labor wasn't medicated much. There was no pain relief in labor & delivery in those days. Pain relief is a fairly new science.
I had wanted to breast feed but my plans were changed when I got a urinary tract infection after her delivery that the foley cath caused. I was so sick that she wasn't allowed to come near me. It's so hard thinking back to this time, especially since times have changed, it's rare that babies are not with the mom after birth. I was told that the infection affected my breast milk. I was given a shot to dry my milk up but it didn't work right away. In the first week when I managed to finally get to the nursery, my husband & a friend had come up to visit. My husband pushed my wheel chair to the nursery.
I remember when they finally showed her to me, she was already a week old but I was not able to hold her until she was 2 weeks old. Looking back now, it's hard to believe I was in the hospital a full month. It was a horrible experience, imagine not getting to bond with your baby. My heart tears open thinking about it. I was so happy when they finally released us; we could go home to be a family. I could hold & kiss my sweet baby as much as I wanted to; I had to make up for lost time. I was robbed of bonding with my sweet baby girl in the 1st 2 weeks of her life. Now that we were together; she would know that I was her mother.
When we got home there was never a moment that I was separated from her. Alexis was not a demanding infant. I remember when she first was home with me from the hospital I was amazed how she slept through the night. She was already on a schedule, waking every 6 hours to eat. I often thought that might be because of the long stay in the hospital nursery. She was very sweet natured. Alexis was just as infants are; a pure little soul. She reached out to me & showed me how to be a mother. I remember getting into a bathtub with her & letting her float on top of me in the water. We bonded that day. It was so natural; so eternal. It was like making up for that moment right after your child is born that you hold them. We were robbed of that moment because I was sick & no one would bring her to me for 2 weeks.
After I brought her home, I was able to be home with her full time for the first 2 months. We had a lot of catching up to do. I cherished life as a new mother. She was a good baby; never unhappy even when she got her first tooth between 5 and 6 months old. She cooed a lot, laughed and was a sweet natured baby. Alexis was a curious baby. She got bored if I held her facing me; so I would carry her facing forward so that she could see everything. We would have long afternoons of just us. I was always interacting with her. She was very much a part of my every day life. I would take her on walks and were outside in the warm, sunny part of the year.
Life was almost normal for us for a short while, bills got paid, there was food on the table; & a minimal amount of fighting with my ex. Nothing to brag about but nothing to complain about either. I look back now and realize those were the 2 most memorable months of my life. To this day if I think of her I can smell her skin. I can remember the deep loving gaze that she locked on me. I was not ready to be a mother. Not ready to bring a child up, but I know if someone had just stood by me for a short while she would be here now & this would not have become my nightmare from hell. Seems looking back now she and I were doomed from the beginning. Still with all that was against us we bonded. I got to be her mother and she my little baby girl.
Thank you Roselvr maybe next year...I just posted a city/ state share flier to Alexis/ Aundria's page to see if we can get it to go viral for her 41st birthday in 2 days