Mum who put healthy son, 8, through 13 unnecessary ops is jailed

A MUM who put her healthy eight-year-old son through 13 unnecessary operations and confined him to a wheelchair has been jailed.

Bowen, 36, previously pleaded guilty to injury to a child causing serious bodily injury after confessing to subjecting Christopher to multiple unneeded surgeries throughout his life. Christopher, who is now 10, was taken to the doctor 320 times during the first eight years of his life.At first, Bowen claimed Christopher - who was born prematurely - had difficulty drinking milk.

In a message appealing to well-wishers, she claimed a congenital condition was "slowly taking the wind out of the sails of this bright and active boy".In closing arguments before the sentencing, lead prosecutor Jennifer Sawyer said: “She stole Christopher’s childhood.Attorneys suggested Bowen suffers from Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

The signs of the condition can include persuading healthcare professionals that their child is ill when they're perfectly healthy or lying about their child's health problems and manipulating tests results to prove the presence of an illness.A study in 2000 estimated there were 89 cases of MSBP in a population of 100,000 over a two-year period.

What I don’t get is did the doctors doing the surgery not notice he was perfectly healthy?

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