[Innovative]

Earlier article:

Family battling Massachusetts hospital to bring daughter home

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3104012/posts

For those who posted there and in case you are interested in more info — it looks like the hospital is not even allowing her regular treating doctor to see her...

[mazda77]

Beck has been all over this story and we, who at least listen to him, have known the fact about not letting her Doctor in to see her for more than two weeks now.

[texas booster]

Korson asked repeatedly for a roundtable meeting bringing together all of Justina’s key doctors and others who knew her best, as a way to devise a unified plan to present to her parents. This approach is widely advocated by child abuse specialists across the nation in highly contentious cases like this one. However, Korson’s requests went unanswered.

The battle over Justina’s future was one of five cases involving Children’s in the last 18 months where a disputed diagnosis led to parents losing custody or being threatened with that extreme step. These conflicts, which typically involve controversial diagnoses at the medical frontier, have exposed the consequences of the ongoing failure to upgrade medical expertise within the state’s Department of Children and Families. The agency, many observers believe, is simply not equipped to properly referee such cases.

I really don't get the judge in this case. does his dept get a cut of the state money to care for Justina?

[exDemMom]

This case is far more complex than most articles about it suggest. This article gives a fairly in-depth treatment of the issues surrounding this case.

It looks like more medical investigation will be needed. Of note is that the girl, Justina, has not had some of the tests which are considered moderately diagnostic of the disease.

At this time, I do not think there is enough information to rule out (or in) Munchausen by proxy.