Andrea Dumlop

In February of 2016, Maya had a visit with pediatric neurologist Dr. Carl Barr for an evaluation.

He did not confirm the diagnosis of CRPS independently, and once more recommended the same course of treatment that Johns Hopkins All Children's Tampa General and Lurie Children's had recommended,

physical therapy, occupational therapy, and non-narcotic interventions.

But non-narcotic interventions were not the direction that the Kowalskis went in.

Beata reported to Dr. Barr that Maya had been diagnosed with CRPS in August of 2016 by Dr. Kirkpatrick rather than September, and that Dr. Kirkpatrick believed that the likely source was a gymnastics injury that had occurred in April of 2015.

This alleged inciting injury is not mentioned anywhere else.

The following month, in March of 2016, Maya had a port placed for intravenous medication, which had been ordered by Dr. Hanna as Maya was regularly getting infusions in his office and having to be stuck with needles each time.

Beata reported accessing Maya's port a number of times during an April visit to the pediatric ICU at Orlando Health Hospitals for an IVIG treatment, which had been recommended by Dr. Barr, likely for Maya's alleged immunodeficiency issues.

During this visit, Beata reported that she was giving Maya intravenous ketamine at home, sometimes several times a day.

This PICU record also indicates that Maya scored a 5 out of 5 in strength for all major muscle groups and showed good muscle tone.

It also states that Maya had a full range of motion, no joint swelling, and no joint limb deformities.

And this is despite the fact that Maya was in a wheelchair during this time.

On Beata's blog around this time, she posts about the family fundraising with their church and Maya's school for Maya's medical treatments.

And each blog post includes a link where people can donate to help Maya's fight.

The idea that ketamine treatments were the only thing that helped Maya, despite the fact that Maya continued to decline while receiving massive doses, is something that neither the Netflix film nor the plaintiff's attorneys made any attempt to reconcile.

It's mostly explained away by positioning Dr. Kirkpatrick and Dr. Hanna as the only two people who truly understand CRPS.

Here's Hanna in his deposition.

And it's unclear what the markers of treatment success are for Hannah.

But the answer always seems to be more ketamine.

Both the medical records and Beata's own accounts on her blog revealed that Maya received no sustained benefit from the ketamine.