Mother loses custody of children because of cancer diagnosis

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<p>Wow, Hunt. That Durham editorial is compelling:

Media reports ignored the part of the ruling in which Giordano’s oncologist testified Giordano regularly skipped treatment and ignored medical advice. Her doctor said Giordano “was making her disease into a crisis.” According to a psychiatric evaluation from UNC, those crises make her “unavailable to provide care to the children.”</p>

<p>It describes an incident in which Giordano was advised not to bring the children to the hospital because she was going to be admitted for treatment. </p>

<p>She ignored that advice and made no arrangements for her children’s care. </p>

<p>Giordano’s oncologist took the children home with her to avoid having to call Child Protective Services. </p>

<p>The oncologist called it a “crisis.” Giordano told the court it was “a great opportunity” for the children to get to know her doctor better.</p>

<p>There are other factors – page after page of testimony about Giordano’s infidelity, both parents’ allegations of assault, inappropriate comments to their children, and a lack of healthy boundaries between both parents’ emotional lives and their children.

Ouch</p>