Pray for our Enemies!

We finally got the rest of the file from Henry Ford Hospice and reviewed all the notes. It appears that Dr. Lewandowski was even more vindictive in the submission of the complaint to Child Protective Services (CPS) than we could’ve imagined. After we dismissed her services (due to a serious disagreement on our approach to supporting Chase – i.e. to help him recover, as opposed to expire), she immediately started the process of filing the complaint, as we suspected. However, the CPS organization saw right through the situation and dismissed the charges without pursuing the case further, stating

“Additional contacts were made which determined that the child has not been harmed”.

Apparently, this response wasn’t acceptable to Dr. Lewandowski so she proceeded to stir the pot even further. As documented in detail throughout the file, she organized more meetings and discussions with other conventional practitioners familiar with Chase’s case in order to gain their support for another complaint. She then convinced CPS to review the case once again with the additional information, which is where all the misrepresentations and distortions came in (such as sea salt injections, non-FDA approved treatments, wheatgrass, etc.). Since CPS dismissed the first complaint, she apparently felt that this one needed to include more “concerns” (even though these issues were never discussed with us or even documented in her file).

Thus, CPS decided to review the case again and this time they were persuaded that the situation was so grave that it couldn’t wait for further investigation or contact with the family (heaven knows what they thought we’d do if they contacted us to discuss the complaint). There are many more outrageous details to list, some of which are covered in our summary file which can be viewed at:

http://owa1.epictech.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chasesammut/files/Chase%2520Sammut%2520CPS%2520Summary.doc

The bottom line is that this Hospice “practice” is very misguided and although everything worked out well for Chase, we’re concerned that this is typically not the case. Ironically, our story prompted others to approach us about similar bad experiences with Dr. Lewandowski and the same Hospice organization, which didn’t have as positive an outcome as our case. So far, the management of Henry Ford Health System hasn’t taken any corrective action. The CEO of HFHS is John Polanski (jpolans1@hfhs.org). Please forward any comments that were previously submitted directly to his attention so that he can appreciate the gravity of our concerns.

We would also like to keep Dr. Lewandowski in our prayers, since she is clearly misplaced. This is not the kind of help that families in our situation need! Hopefully, more good will continue to come from Chase overcoming these challenges. He continues to improve slowly every day, with very stable vitals, excellent bloodwork (including high Hemoglobin), etc. This is our best retribution for all those who opposed our continued support of his recovery and tried to convince us otherwise.

Please pass along a reminder for the monthly Prayer Service which is going to be held on Sunday, Dec 3rd at 3 pm in the social hall of St. Anastasia church, 4571 John R. Road in Troy. This is for all our sick children for our families and world peace. For more information or special prayer requests please contact Meg Koss 248-828-4419.

We truly appreciate all the prayers and support for Chase and our whole family.

God Bless!!

John Carol Sammut
Chase Barbara