Has anyone been following the Drake Pardo case? I think his parents (Ashley and Daniel Pardo) are carbon copies of the Pelletier’s.
The following is the best article I have found.
Pardo Family CPS Hearing Scheduled for Tomorrow, Here’s What We Know
I’ve included a few highlights.
The removal affidavit reportedly claims, “Ashley has multiple physicians and switches doctors when she does not agree with their assessment. Ashley is exaggerating and lying about [her son’s] symptoms and conditions.”
Accordingly, it also argues that she “is demanding an unnecessary surgical procedure to place a G-tube,” and has been searching for a third gastrointestinal doctor after two others advised against the surgery.
As the affidavit claims, the parents had multiple GI doctors at Children’s, even firing one. However, Daniel said that the first doctor was not fired because they disagreed with his assessment of the feeding tube, but for other reasons.
Ashley said at the hearing that one of the reasons for the firing was because the doctor refused to visit Drake when he was in the hospital.
Dr. Dakil told the court that the doctor thought he was fired because he did not recommend the G-tube.
Some who testified at the hearing claimed that Drake’s health had improved in several ways: he had been successfully potty-trained, no longer needed his wheelchair, and was able to eat a regular diet.
There is a gag order of the Drake Prado case, but individuals on the parents side are ignoring it. They are actually revealing things that don’t look very good for Ashley.
For example, they talk about her first husband and previous incidents with CPS, but blame it all on him.
They bring up the CPS statements about Ashley saying her son has epilepsy, but they say that is a lie.
The whole situation is just so interesting considering the parents kind of caused this to happen. They filed a complaint against the hospital/doctor, which triggered a review. That caused the hospital to review the child’s medical files. Then they assigned the medical child abuse expert to review it too.