An update on Cleve and Erica Rengo,the couple who had their kids taken away from them-twice-for many reasons, including domestic violence(though the parents Cleve and Erica claim it's because they had an unassisted-meaning no doctors or medical professionals)home birth.That is not the case at all.
Erica has been told that she has to separate from Cleve if she wants a chance to get her kids back.Cleve's physical abuse is why the cops had been called to their house MANY times and why their kids were taken away.
Erica's gone on several "alternative" radio shows that support her cause.She claims that the breast feeding and home birth, and their desire to cure their oldest son's eczema with natural cures(it wasn't responding to the natural stuff) is why their kids got taken away.To hear her tell it, her kids' health issues have gotten worse since they've been in foster care.
She gets supervised visits with her kids.Given the fact that she's tried to run in the past,that's a good idea.
Erica and Cleve could get their kids back,if they had done as the courts asked..but they didn't, and then ran for it, knowing the kids were going to be taken away(again!)
IMO they have no intention of fixing their situation-they had been living in a 1-bedroom apartment with Cleve's father, who is bipolar but *not* on his meds.Are you kidding me?
Erica claims that her kids' health issues have gotten worse since they were in foster care.One family member has said that one of their twins has permanent health issues as a result of not being checked out by a doctor after they were born.Erica didn't go to the doctor *at all* during her pregnancy..No scans, no nothing.They had no idea they were having twins, who were preemie, without a doubt. They refused the help of a paramedic who was called by a concerned family members after the twins were born.
As the aunt of 5 kids, two of whom were preemies,one of whom required a lot of time in the NICU because of issues related to his being a preemie,this horrifies me.(my nephew is fine now-he's 14 years old- thanks to the doctors at Rady Children's hospital.)
Erica talks about a right for parents to fight without the cops being called.Well, that is the problem. Cleve was getting physical with her when they fight.
Cleve, to hear it, has been made out to be a bad person, if you believe the websites like Medical Kidnap(who would call concerned family members who called the paramedics "busybodies".) Erica says that Cleve is not abusive to her.It's clear,to read what she says about Cleve,that she..for lack of a better word, brainwashed by Cleve.
Cleve and Erica have separated, but I don't see it sticking.I think she'll do it long enough to get her kids back, then move him back in on the QT, which will lead to their kids getting taken away(again.)
At the time their kids were given back to them,late last year, I said "Mark my words. We haven't heard the last of them". Sure enough, a bit later they were in the news because they tried to run for it..their kids were about to be taken away from them. They claim they weren't trying to run for it,that they were taking a break from the stresses of their situation. Riiight.
The courts and authorities need to discern if Cleve and Erica are truly vested in getting their kids back.. are they just going to have them keep given back, only for something to go wrong-or go *really* wrong.That's my concern. With Cleve being physical with her, and Cleve's father(who they live with) being bipolar, that's just waiting for something bad to happen.
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