Eight year old Jaxon Taken By Hospital When Parents Ask For Second Opinion

Jaxon Adams – 8 years old.

healthimpactnews.com / by Terri LaPoint / October 24, 2014

A Missouri doctor recently told a little boy that, if she had it her way, he would never see his mommy and daddy again. This was after 8 year old Jaxon was seized from his parents’ custody based solely on a statement from this single doctor. His parents, Tiffany and Jason Adams, are desperately trying to bring him home after what appears to be his doctor’s retaliation because they “dared to seek a second opinion.”

It used to be that patients and parents were not only permitted, but encouraged to seek a second opinion. It used to be that parents and patients had the right to fire one doctor and hire another one. It is unclear how or when those sacred rights vanished, but vanished they have for one family who has been devastated by the severity of retribution when they sought those very things. An 8 year old little boy is left traumatized and confused, because his family has been ripped away from him by Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, enabled by Child Protective Services.

Jaxon Adams’ Story

Affectionately known as Jaxx, adorable Jaxon Adams was a pretty healthy baby – babbling, sitting up, and meeting all the normal milestones. His 6 month shots were delayed because of an ear infection, but he got all of his routine shots at 8 months. He slowed down somewhat after that, but nothing seemed really concerning.

When he was four, his parents noticed that he had a hard time keeping up with his teammates on the soccer field. A teacher recommended an evaluation. Jaxon was diagnosed as being on high-functioning end of the autism spectrum, as well as having ADHD.

He began to have seizures, and was diagnosed with epilepsy. He struggled with constipation, low energy, and sleeping much more than normal. Testing revealed a number of food allergies, some of them severe. His parents and doctors worked hard to find medications and foods that his body could tolerate. Eventually, doctors decided to surgically insert a g-tube feeding tube into his stomach.

Beginning Treatment at Children’s Mercy Hospital

After all that, Jaxon was struggling to gain any weight. His parents wanted to find out why. In March of 2014, the Adams began to see nurse practitioner Ingrid Larson in Dr. Amber Hoffman’s practice at the Beacon Clinic in Children’s Mercy Hospital. Unbeknownst to the Adams, the Beacon Clinic is where a doctor later told a source that children suspected of being abused are “funneled into.”