Double Trauma - Badawo, Linda

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Résumé :
Imagine your worst nightmare as a parent... D'Ashon was born three months early, weighed just over one pound and tested positive for several drugs, including cocaine and marijuana, which most likely contributed to his premature birth. Shortly after birth, he had difficulty breathing which led to a tracheostomy with a tube placed so he could breathe. Child protective services took custody of D'Ashon and managed his care, placing him in foster care. As his foster mother, Linda Badawo was hopeful as the outlook for his future was encouraging. However, as D'Ashon approached his first birthday, he developed a dangerous habit of pulling out his trach many times during the day. Consequently, he needed round-the-clock nursing care to prevent him from pulling it out or if he pulled out, reinserting it immediately. However, the health insurance company covering foster children like D'Ashon refused to follow the doctor's orders and provide him with the necessary nursing supervision. Unfortunately, the limited care led to an irreparable, irreversible trauma leaving D'Ashon with brain damage at 14 months. He is now in a persistent vegetative state. Although Linda cannot change what happened to her son, she wrote Double Trauma to tell his story in the hopes that we can work together to change the quality of health care that our most needy and fragile citizens need. Linda Badawo, a native of Nigeria, is a nurse and lives in Texas. www.aakolbookpublishing.com

Biographie:
Linda Badawo is a nurse in Texas and the author of Double Trauma: Mismanaged Health Care in the Parent Foster System. Linda is from Mogho Gokhana, Nigeria. Because of the generosity of the American people, she was able to Immigrate to the United States and start life all over again at age 19. After completing her nursing education and training, she worked non-stop for two years and purchased her first home in Texas with the goal of fostering medically dependent children. This was her way of giving back to the country that had believed in her. In 2013, she started fostering children with complex medical needs, and adopted two medically dependent children as her own. She tells their story in her new book. Linda is convinced that a managed health care system that has failed millions of vulnerable citizens over the years can be reformed, and the humanitarian crisis she has personally witnessed can be overcome. Our children deserve better and citizens deserve prompt health care coverage. Health care is our right and we're all entitled to it. She is a founder of Texans Lil Fragile Voices, a nonprofit with a global mission to relieve the plight of impoverished children, mandate health care for all, provide tools to end poverty, enhance the laws that govern the foster care system and provide adequate and timely health care for medically dependent children around the world. To learn more about Linda and Double Trauma, please visit www.doubletraumabooks.