Cross posted at Street Prophets.

I thought I couldn't get any sadder over the story of Madeline Kara Neumann, the 11 year-old Wisconsin girl who died due to untreated diabetes.  

I was wrong.

Crossposted at Street Prophets

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has reported additional information in the death of Madeline Kara Neumann, which we discussed here on Friday.

The most damning information is that the girl, age 11, was last taken to the doctor at the age of 3.  Charges are now likely against her parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, according to Everest Metro Police Chief Dan Vergin.

Crossposted at Street Prophets

This sad story  was reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel yesterday.

Madeline Kara Neumann died of diabetic ketoacidosis, a treatable though serious condition of type 1 diabetes in which acid builds up in the blood.

Neumann's parents said they didn't know she had diabetes. They didn't take her to a doctor. They prayed for healing.

So, pastordan and I have been recently blessed with a 4yo and a 10yo.  It's a very different experience parenting in this manner.  You don't get to start out from the beginning doing things the way you want to.  And on top of it, we're the 4th foster placement (hopefully the last) so we have a lot of different parents and parenting styles influencing these kids.  Needless to say, we've had to decide really quickly our position on lots of things.