Nadine and Matthew’s Story

Hello,
My son is being held by Hennepin county cps and The medical system.
My son is currently at St Paul Children’s Hospital and being held against his will. He is a Severely Autistic and developmentally delay child that cannot speak for himself and he cries out to go home and he is being overmedicated and even a doctors note by Dr. Spaulding says that he’s in danger of the antipsychotics and medications that they have him on right now. As of last week they started him on another medication or antipsychotic which will put him in a huge amount of danger of more Neurological issues heart problems etc.. They have done this without parental approval as we are not even at trial yet . ( Admit and Denial next week)
They have taken his rights away as a disabled child and ours as a parent as we have not even been to trial.
This is criminal and they are are breaking the law and they are holding a child captive against his will to suffer in a hospital room now 6 months.
The allegations of neglect that they say that I am committing Are calling abandonment ( Calling EMS for mental health crisis care while stick on side of highway and giving him traditional medicine and LEGAL Medical Cannabis which is every right of mine as a parent.
They have done so much! When he was held at Fairview Southdale, they took away my visitation rights the first time I came and visited they help me in the hospital lobby for 25 minutes to make me seem like I was late and then they took me back to the CPS lady who was already in the room with my son and then the CPS lady said “you’re late”. From that point on in the visit they lied and stated that I brought my phone in when they told me not to which is simply not true because they told me I didn’t have to put my stuff in the locker and I let my son play with some games on my phone and then he had one of his mental attacks while he was playing that so I had grabbed my phone before he would break it and they trying to say that I Made him aggressive which he has a condition that he snaps into any can’t control it and doesn’t care who is there when he becomes aggressive.
They have sexualized him as he is like a three-year-old but he’s in a 15-year-old body going through puberty so after two months of being at Fairview Southdale the CPS worker came in the room and And of course being disabled have feelings he could not control and all he did was reach out for her and she documented that he had a sexual problem which was nonetheless just a child that I’ve been in the room for so long that he has feelings just like any other child would’ve but didn’t know how to express them. They did so much as to print out the documentation and send it to the judge. This would’ve went into a public document that could’ve been accessed by anyone so I had to talk to my attorney to try to get this document Off of the file And they agreed that it should not of went public but they still put the information to the court. The document stated that he had a certain “type” Which is really vile and should never have been put it in there. When I talk to that worker she told me “I didn’t know that your son had a sexual problem. He went to grab at me. He seem to only like me and no one else”. I cannot believe that someone would say that about a child that is like a three-year-old in mind.
I submitted a complaint on that worker Rachel Davis but she was not held accountable because she didn’t have a licensure. Instead her supervisor Colleen Davis attended every meeting and made things even worse.

So after two months we went to court And the father received temporary custody of Matthew my son. Fairview Southdale discharge my son with all of their staff (at least 10 of them)
They sent him into dad’s car yelling out that they do believe that the mother is causing Matthews aggression. All I’ve done is try to get my son medical care because he has had pain and neurological conditions that none of these providers can address. There are no true allegations of neglect anywhere and I have my objections to prove it.
Anyhow and dad took Matthew he was so upset that he could not come home that he would cry every day and dad would have to try to calm him down and get him to sleep and tried to call me so that we could FaceTime so it would make him feel better. So he continued to be aggressive and we didn’t quite understand until we figured out that they had added a medication called Seroquel. This medication has tons of side effects and my son has a really difficult time with medication’s and has a lot of adverse reactions to them despite them giving him tons of medication.
Dad continue to try to take care of Matthew as he was very lethargic and foaming at the mouth and having head pain. He became aggressive with Pca staff and we lost a few. When it Got to the point where The father had no more staff and could not work and Matthew was having excruciating pain, the father had to look at hospital help once again.

I was taking care of Matthew fine but I hadn’t had my house disability construction Done yet and I did not have Pca to help me. I was by myself. I had a waiver and I was a paid parent and the waiver would cover construction to be done and I had mats for the walls which I have now, and I also was going to have the walls reinforced and the TV plexi glass with a screen around it. My home would be the perfect home if I had staffing in place. The problem is a Crisis Homes Can’t Manage our Children
And they can take our children under contract but they end up dropping them at the emergency room of the hospitals because they cannot manage their crisis care. This is what it happened to Matthew last year. Matthew thrive in the home when he has staff available but he does need 24 hour care.
So now matthew is stuck in St Paul hospital. I continue to have visitation twice a week for two hours each time but Matthew doesn’t understand every time I come and he has a very hard time when I leave. All the medication‘s are causing so much aggression and they continue to just keep adding them and he gets weaker and weaker. The medical record states that he is declining and I don’t know how much longer his frail body can take this as his breathing is very coarse and the weight is so heavy that it causes a lot of complications including tachycardia although that is probably from the multiple medications which is stated in the medical records as well.
I don’t know how a Hospital can keep a child hostage and keep administrating dangerous medication‘s to cause his decline and he’s going to end up dying in the hospital at the hands of CPS and the hospital that is listening to everything they say. They are literally giving my child medication now and not notifying the parents. We have no rights yet we have not been to trial and we can get medical records but we can’t speak to any of the physicians and then we have to wait for them to call per Rachel the caseworker only once a week now because she says that were bugging the hospital. We don’t even call the hospital much so they’re just using an excuse to try to take away our rights.
Court is next week on September 6 and I know the judge has already made her decision otherwise we would not be where we are right now. I have had court appointed attorneys that I’ve done nothing for me so I’ve had to remove them and then I had another attorney that just would not call me back.
We have went through so much and so many sleepless nights of my child being in there and knowing that he is suffering

Who will stand up for these people who blatantly hurt children?
I have sent out numerous complaints to the Minnesota Department of health and the Family Omsbudsman.

Why is no one helping A 13-year-old severely disabled child that is continuing to suffer?

Will you help us? He could die in the hospital and they will assume no responsibility. They know how to cover up the deaths.

My sons name is Matthew Monge

Thank you

Nadine Monge

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Hi, my name is Nadine. I am a single mother who has raised 3 children. On March 27, 2022 I was driving when my 15 year old Severely Autistic son had an aggressive outburst and started attacking me. These attacks are not original but can happen abruptly with or without Head pain but mostly with the pain and abrupt change of mental status. I had to call EMS to transport him to the hospital. He cannot control these episodes while he is in and out of different types of emotional attacks. Minnesota fails to have adequate programs and Crisis homes. The hospital wanted me to discharge but I asked if they could please find a mental health bed for him so that he could be treated because he has comorbid diagnosis and Excruciating Head pain and then his medications would be again addressed.
The provider refused admitting him and he was too dangerous to bring home as he attacked me in the hospital I had to step aside while security entered the room and we calmed him for a medication injection on March 28th 2022 9:30PM( Dictation on that visit has surprisingly disappeared) The medication injection was verbally confirmed on that date at 9:30PM. On March 30, 2022 a 72 hour hold was placed by CPS and Edina Police and my son now has been held at Fairview Southdale Hospital ER in a small room GOING ON SIX WEEKS in a room where he occasionally is walked down the hallway and had occasional visits from Child Life Members. He started having TACHYCARDIA in which neither parents were contacted. I have read disturbing medical record documentations from Fairview Southdale such as “Pt attempted to open locked door in the room; Pt saying, “mommy, mommy.” repetitively and asking staff if we had a
phone and seemingly escalating. PRN odt Zyprexa given; Pt also given a snack at this time”. Numerous times he has elevated with no ancedent to the sitters that take care of him and he doesn’t have a target on who he will get aggressive on so why is mother being blamed for an aggressive outburst? There are many dictated events in his medical records. On April 22, 2022 am Emergency Request to deny my rights was sent to Judge Redding . I have proof that they fabricated events from my Thursday hospital visit with my son to use against me to take my visitation rights away. My attorney tried to get my rights back, but they were denied until the Hearing. The Pre Trial hearing was May 2nd , 2022 where I entered a Denial.
Judge Redding approved visitation but could not do anything about the Hospital policy so I still could not visit.
Lohnatan Monge ( Father) was granted custody after demanding they make him involved while they searched for Foster Family members. Mr Monge discharged Matthew with medications that were very extensive and caused a lot of weight gain. Weight gain 65 at discharge but about 140lbs up to date. Medication List For Matthew Monge before 3/27/22
Chlorpromazine 50mg in morning, 50mg in afternoon, PRN 50mg in daytime and 200mg at bedtime.
Claritin 10mg morning
Melatonin 100mg bedtime daily
Benedryl 50mg nightly
Ibuprofen
Clonidine 0.2 3x daily
Alprazolam 200mg nightly nor prn
Trazodone 200mg nightly
Tangerine sublingual spray Medical Cannabis PRN 4 sprays ( THC Dominant)
A couple more medication errors which may have hurt my son while he was at the Fairview Southdale ER which I documented when it happened below . Prednisone is a very strong and dangerous medication if not dispensed correctly.
Also I have audio of the conversations about the medication and how they continued to give him prednisone beyond the five day burst Despite my conversation with the pharmacist that he should not have it after day five.

Prescription for Steroid burst was supposed to only continue a few more days upon arrival. They kept Matthew on steroids for 2 or more weeks despite mom telling them to discontinue on day 5.

Dr Reddy documented to use Valium with aggression although it is documented throughout Childrens hospital records that he has opposite reaction. Mom notified provider 3 weeks ago not to use but it is still documented to use in Fairviews medical records. I am unaware if he was dispensed Valium.

Medications on Discharge from Fairview Southdale above.

Dr Reddy documented to use Valium with aggression although it is documented throughout Childrens hospital records that he has opposite reaction. Mom notified provider 3 weeks ago not to use but it is still documented to use in Fairviews medical records. I am unaware if he was dispensed Valium.

When Mr Monge was given temporary custody Matthew had went through quite a bit of trauma but the father continued care.
Waivered county Care was used to obtain Patient Care Attendants were found but Matthew continued to elevated with not seeing his mother and kept asking dad over and over to go home.
Visitation started But when we asked the judge if we could have the visitation at the fathers house she declined. I even specifically asked Judge Redding if she could reconsider because I knew that he was going to have a very hard time seeing me all the way in St. Paul and the transportation would be very difficult and he may break windows Not knowing he was going to come home with me.
And that’s exactly what happened after visitations and we started losing Pca staff.
Dad continue to miss more and more hours of work. And dad continue to watch Matthew go through a tremendous amount of head pain and complications due to not seeing his mother and a myriad of other symptoms that happen with flares that caused him to have the symptoms for weeks on end. Mr Monge Didn’t know the depth of what his son was going through until he took on full-time care and then he continue to ask them to help and to reduce the medications. But they would not reduce any medication or change anything. The Seroquel was causing terrible side effects And Matthew was having raspy breathing and was lethargic and would not play at the park. This Seroquel was discontinued years ago due to side effects and the providers would not listen to me.
They set Matthew up with a psychiatrist when he got out of the Fairview Southdale ER and this was pinnacle health and the psychiatrist name was Brenda. During the appointment I was called by this doctor and she wondered why I did not have rights to Matthews medical and I told her I did. She stated that there was a note in the chart that she was not to speak to me But I told her that I have access to his medical rights so she talk to me for about 30 minutes regarding Matthew’s previous medication and how she thought the medication’s were too many.
He stated the clinic was put way behind because the father didn’t know anything about why he was there or anything about the medications. She stated several times why
She didn’t understand what the problem was with the medical cannabis if it was legal and didn’t understand why they weren’t letting the mother discuss the medical care.

Dad Had so many medical symptoms including the head pain that was uncontrollable and he could not continue care and he brought matthew to the Saint Paul childrens emergency room 6/20/22. He was coaxed by the county That he had no choice and it would be fine and he wouldn’t be held accountable. They literally talked him into admitting him and then St. Paul children’s threatened to call CPS but it didn’t matter because there was already a case going.
That’s when they took Mr Monge’s rights away and Matthew had been transferred after the third day of the ER to the fifth floor.
Since then I have had visitation but not with out them ( 🤷🏽‍♀️ CPS or Childrens ) sending notification that Matthew was “ Groping me and touching me and I wasn’t redirecting “
Childrens St Paul EXECUTIVEs
and Hennepin County CPS Supervisor Collette Davis continue to have meetings weekly without the parents involved. And Rachel the CPS worker stated that we don’t need to be at those meetings. I have the email. They refuse to let us attend despite no court order.
We went to the first and only Care meeting where they discussed that we shouldn’t be calling every day and that they would be scheduled times that the hospital would call us and they booted the vice principal out of the meeting. She wanted to make sure that Matthew had the education that he needed because he did not get that at Fairview Southdale and it was a mess.
Yes they did offer educational materials to be sent to Fairview Southdale but they never did it and matthew didn’t get the education that he needed despite the times he missed school during Covid.
Medical record state that there was a psychologist that saw Matthew and the parents were not notified of that. There was also a letter written up by Dr. Spalding that we received an email about them using it to get him out of home placement. The psychiatrist progress note stated these medications could be causing complications.
I did email the county and let them know that I am not in agreement of out-of-state placement or residential. Neither me or
Mr Monge signed the Case Plan.
The medical records are incorrect. They state that dad is in agreement with medications and that there was an incident with camp But matthew has not been to camp in many many years.
So now we just wait and hope that there are no acceptances to a residential or out of state because we want him home.
So they are actively seeking out-of-state placements despite not going to trial yet.

They will not keep his pictures in his room stating that he gets very upset when he sees the pictures and each time it seems that he is medicated prior to my arrival.