GUILTY MT - Dane Heggem, 1, drugged, suffocated at Laurel day care, 31 Jan 2003

[CyberLaw]

All it takes is reading the instruction on the bottle, if it says: Do not give this medicine to babies under 6 months old, then don't.

I under medicated my child, for a fever, his fever did not go down, I phoned the doctor, and she told me to increase the dosage according to his age.

It all has to do with age and weight........it is when parents just guess and do not read any of the warning or instruction on OTC medicine is where toruble begins.

 

[mysteriew]

All it takes is reading the instruction on the bottle, if it says: Do not give this medicine to babies under 6 months old, then don't.

I under medicated my child, for a fever, his fever did not go down, I phoned the doctor, and she told me to increase the dosage according to his age.

It all has to do with age and weight........it is when parents just guess and do not read any of the warning or instruction on OTC medicine is where toruble begins.

You also have to take into consideration- unknown allergies to the medication, side effects of the medication (which can make an existing condition worse) and adverse reactions to the medications (those rare events where they react badly to a medication and they don't know why- or sometimes they do and just don't tell you about it). Remember aspirin? For years it was considered safe to give to kids. Then they found out about the connection to Reye's disease. Now it is no longer considered so safe for kids.
My point was- you just don't medicate a kid for convenience- just to get him/her to sleep. It is a bigger decision than that.

 

[mysteriew]

A former day-care owner was found guilty Tuesday of causing the death of a 1-year-old boy by giving him a fatal dose of allergy medication.

Shaking and silently weeping as the verdict was read, Sabine Bieber was convicted of negligent homicide in the death of Dane Heggem, who died while asleep in a crib at a Tiny Tots day care in Laurel on Jan. 31, 2003.

The seven-man, five-woman jury panel deliberated nearly 19 hours over two days, ultimately siding with prosecutors' theory that Bieber was secretly feeding Dane and other children in her care liquid diphenhydramine, an antihistamine found in Benadryl.
http://www.courttv.com/trials/bieber/083005_verdict_ctv.html

 

[mysteriew]

A former day-care owner received a five-year prison sentence for causing the death of a toddler in 2003 with a fatal dose of allergy medication.

Sabine Bieber was taken into custody Friday following her sentencing for negligent homicide in the death of 1-year-old Dane Heggem, who died while asleep in a crib at a Tiny Tots day care in Laurel, Mont., on Jan. 31, 2003.

A Montana jury convicted the 36-year-old mother of three in August for Dane's death, along with charges of child endangerment for giving the drug to two other children.

She was acquitted of a third count of child endangerment and one count of evidence tampering.
http://www.courttv.com/trials/bieber/102805_sentencing_ctv.html

 

[Julindy]

She deserved prison..

 

[Laughing]

Wonder what she's doing now???