Complicated

As a new parent, you feel like “Oh, my gosh, I must be going crazy” or…

…maybe the doctors don’t even understand what is going on.

In some instances, those doctors begin to question the parents and their motives.  There is even a diagnosis for this, Munchausen By Proxy (MBP).   The problem is that the signs of MBP and just being a good parent of a rare child look very much the same.

Donna Sullivan discusses her traumatic experience of being suspected of imagining her two kids’ illnesses.  Her relentless advocacy was costing her credibility.