Listener Discretion: This episode contains mention of infant sexual abuse, starvation, and infant death.
Amanda Ross joins us on the podcast today as she shares the story of sweet Baby Bianca, a foster placement who was only 3 days old when she came into Amanda's care. Throughout the following 11 months, Bianca grew and thrived, connecting with her foster siblings, passing all her baby health checks, doing fun activities with her foster family. She was attached and she was thriving.
11 months after this placement, CPS returned Baby Bianca to her bio-mom, who had since had another child, making Baby Bianca the middle of 3 young kids. Bianca was given back and forth between bio-mom and bio-dad for the next year- in which several more reports against them were brought up to CPS, without any action taken. Older Sister started showing up to daycare with blood in her diaper area, along with bruising on her body. When Baby Bianca was admitted into the hospital, they found the same blood and bruises on her body, her frail frame weighing only 17 pounds- less than when she was 11 months old. Baby Bianca died shortly after being admitted into the hospital.
We share this story with you not to place the blame on any one person, but to show that this death could have absolutely been prevented. Baby Bianca had a chance at life. And because of the current ideology of Washington State to reunify families no matter the cost, even when the parents are currently unfit, a life has been lost.
Baby Bianca is not just another number.
She is not just another case file.
She is not a statistic.
She is a little girl who laughed and played and was very, very loved.
And now she is gone.
We do not want to lose any more children. Things have to change.
And we will be on the frontlines, fighting for that change.
We hope you will join us too.
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Thank you so much for wanting to support us and joining us in this fight for a better tomorrow for our kids.