But if they did ultimately pass away from suffocation, what difference would her taking them to a doctor have made?
It wasn't my post but I can think of several
possibilities. As I've posted before though, I'm not sure that smothering = suffocation. I think smothering, the term used in the official announcement, implies the use of external force to cause suffocation & there are other ways suffocation can happen. But regardless, while the scenarios listed below may not be terribly likely, they are not impossible IMO at least given what little we now know.
1) IF the mother caused the children's deaths because she reached a breaking point after dealing with two sick children for a very long time, if they had been treated for their illnesses and had been able to go back to school, she might not have reached a breaking point. I'm especially concerned the mother apparently used the term "irrational" to describe some of the girl's behaviors. Maybe she was quoting a term school personnel used, but how rational are 5-year old children ever expected to be?
2) IF the mother caused the children's deaths by using a "home remedy" that was intended to treat their symptoms, that might not have happened had they seen a doctor days or weeks before.
3) It's possible a different pathologist could find the children weren't smothered, that the manner of death was not homicide, that there were internal causes for the suffocation-- mucus plugs, for example. That likely wouldn't have happened had the children seen a doctor weeks before.
4) It's possible a physician treating the children would have had concerns about the mother's mental health.
We don't know how long the family had been in the US. Some articles say the mother was fully engaged with the children's school and their medical care.
The twins had been sick before they were found dead, say police
people.com
I'm not convinced that's necessarily true but an additional contact with the medical community might have provided access to resources she was lacking.
MOO