Jordan Hope

fever of 107 and then you take the temperature and it's like 98 or 99 or something like that just a lot of that sort of stuff of those incongruencies there's oftentimes a worsening of symptoms when the abuser is with the victim that tend to go away magically when the abuser is no longer around you You might see animals that are suddenly sick or have unexplained or unusual illnesses or conditions.

fever of 107 and then you take the temperature and it's like 98 or 99 or something like that just a lot of that sort of stuff of those incongruencies there's oftentimes a worsening of symptoms when the abuser is with the victim that tend to go away magically when the abuser is no longer around you You might see animals that are suddenly sick or have unexplained or unusual illnesses or conditions.

That's a pretty big one. You might see putting feces and urine into a feeding tube or trach or into different things to cause sepsis. You might see suffocating to make heart monitors go off.

That's a pretty big one. You might see putting feces and urine into a feeding tube or trach or into different things to cause sepsis. You might see suffocating to make heart monitors go off.

giving lethal amounts of medication to induce different symptoms and those are typically more of I think where some of that lethality oftentimes is more likely because you don't know how one extra med will that be what causes death and sometimes oftentimes I would say that that's not

giving lethal amounts of medication to induce different symptoms and those are typically more of I think where some of that lethality oftentimes is more likely because you don't know how one extra med will that be what causes death and sometimes oftentimes I would say that that's not

Jordan mentioned that the real number of cases is likely much higher than what's officially reported or documented. But it left me with one pressing question.

Jordan mentioned that the real number of cases is likely much higher than what's officially reported or documented. But it left me with one pressing question.

The caregiver is often or the abuser is often reluctant to provide medical records or to provide information to people that might better explain what is going on with the victim. They might say like, oh, well, I've talked to this and this specialist and all these things. And then you read through the records and that never happened.

The caregiver is often or the abuser is often reluctant to provide medical records or to provide information to people that might better explain what is going on with the victim. They might say like, oh, well, I've talked to this and this specialist and all these things. And then you read through the records and that never happened.

We see so, so, so often with our child cases, it's like dad is accused of sexual abuse. Dad is accused of domestic violence. Dad is put in jail or put somewhere typically charges at some point end up getting dropped. But not always. There'll be blackmailing. There will be all these different things that happen to isolate children.

We see so, so, so often with our child cases, it's like dad is accused of sexual abuse. Dad is accused of domestic violence. Dad is put in jail or put somewhere typically charges at some point end up getting dropped. But not always. There'll be blackmailing. There will be all these different things that happen to isolate children.

the victim with the perpetrator so that it is just those two because then the abuse can keep happening. Then that victim doesn't know, doesn't think that there's anybody else, thinks that it's just me and mom against the world. It's just me and this person and we're fighting this together and all these things and is forced to rely on this person.

the victim with the perpetrator so that it is just those two because then the abuse can keep happening. Then that victim doesn't know, doesn't think that there's anybody else, thinks that it's just me and mom against the world. It's just me and this person and we're fighting this together and all these things and is forced to rely on this person.

So it's harder to kind of come to the conclusion that there's danger. And another red flag that we've started to see, especially as The internet has become bigger is use of social media. That is actually very huge in these cases. I think Dr. Feldman helped with this term, but calling it munchausen by internet. And so in these cases, sometimes...

So it's harder to kind of come to the conclusion that there's danger. And another red flag that we've started to see, especially as The internet has become bigger is use of social media. That is actually very huge in these cases. I think Dr. Feldman helped with this term, but calling it munchausen by internet. And so in these cases, sometimes...

You'll see a lot of really disturbing posts or photos or things like that that are being posted on Facebook or on other online platforms that sometimes the abuser will act like they are the victim. And kind of speak from that lens of being the victim.

You'll see a lot of really disturbing posts or photos or things like that that are being posted on Facebook or on other online platforms that sometimes the abuser will act like they are the victim. And kind of speak from that lens of being the victim.

Or there will be a lot of sometimes pictures, really gruesome, like the pictures of the person in the hospital bed with all the tubes or all these different things. And doing these things to really elicit that sympathy and attention. And so the internet has really made things a lot easier.

Or there will be a lot of sometimes pictures, really gruesome, like the pictures of the person in the hospital bed with all the tubes or all these different things. And doing these things to really elicit that sympathy and attention. And so the internet has really made things a lot easier.