Gypsy Rose Blanchard was a similar case, though the mother simply wanted attention and to be 'caregiver', I'm guessing so she wouldn't have to work. I can't remember if she had any charity fundraisers going. In any case, she made up illnesses that her daughter had, made her sit in a wheelchair, ate through a feeding tube, went through several surgeries. After her teeth rotted from either medications or the lack of saliva glands (which the mother had removed), those teeth were pulled. The fact was, she was maimed permanently by her own mother for purely selfish reasons. Gypsy finally had a boyfriend that she persuaded to kill her mother and I believe they even married.

You're right....some people are just shit and shouldn't be parents. It really is too bad that that girl's mother didn't have to spend time in jail with all those women who actually loved their kids but were denied them due to incarceration. She