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red dog 1

(27,781 posts)
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 07:10 PM Jun 2014

Georgia Toddler Needs Our Prayers...TODAY!

June 8, 2014

Bou Phonesavanh, 19 months old, was sleeping in his playpen, when a Georgia Narcotics Task Force SWAT team member threw a stun grenade in the window which landed on the baby's pillow.

The Phonesavanh family's home in Wisconsin had burned down, and they were in Georgia temporarily to stay with relatives.

Bou is now in a medically-induced coma in Intensive Care at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital, and it could be weeks before it's known if he'll survive, and what treatment he'll need.
Now, Bou's mother,father, and 3 sisters are facing weeks of uncertainty, unsure how long Bou will be hospitalized and where they'll live in the meantime.
The dad says they have nothing to do with drugs.
The family is angry, but hopeful that the toddler will make a full recovery.
His sisters' ages are 3, 5 and 7

He needs our prayers...He needs them badly And he needs them now, today!

Within hours of the "drug raid gone bad", both the District Attorney and the Sheriff issued statements saying that the police officers " had done nothing wrong"
I posted a story a few days ago about a Georgia Democratic State Senator calling for a federal investigation into the drug raid.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025050244/

More info on the story:
http://www.thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/06/05/3445048/swat-grenade-toddler/

Bou's family has no insurance.
A family friend has set up a fund to help pay the baby's medical expenses, as well as for food and other things the family will need.
http://www.gofundme.com/9mih84/

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Georgia Toddler Needs Our Prayers...TODAY! (Original Post) red dog 1 Jun 2014 OP
First the police all but kill him, then he is left without medical coverage due to RETHUG Governor's hlthe2b Jun 2014 #1
God bless that little guy, I hope and pray that he pulls through. red dog 1 Jun 2014 #2
I understand from further reading about his case.. Timez Squarez Jun 2014 #6
Thanks....Did not know that. red dog 1 Jun 2014 #10
he and his family have mine. I despair of the world sometimes. roguevalley Jun 2014 #3
Needs a Lawyer, too. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #4
No insurance? A Little Weird Jun 2014 #5
in a way they are. Timez Squarez Jun 2014 #7
I hope that's true A Little Weird Jun 2014 #9
How about good medical care. SheilaT Jun 2014 #8

hlthe2b

(102,138 posts)
1. First the police all but kill him, then he is left without medical coverage due to RETHUG Governor's
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 07:37 PM
Jun 2014

denial of medicaid funds as part of his attack on Obamacare.

Death panels, indeed.

May that child somehow come through and some good come from the horror.

red dog 1

(27,781 posts)
2. God bless that little guy, I hope and pray that he pulls through.
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 07:49 PM
Jun 2014

Even if he does survive, he faces many surgeries, possible permanent paralysis, and he's lost the use of one of his lungs.

 

Timez Squarez

(262 posts)
6. I understand from further reading about his case..
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 09:36 PM
Jun 2014

is that the police asked the hospital to forward all medical bills to them.

At least they admit responsibility for what they did to Bou.

Bou will need additional reconstructive surgery and I will go ahead and fund them with $5.

 

Timez Squarez

(262 posts)
7. in a way they are.
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 09:38 PM
Jun 2014

i read from a previous article that the police department has requested that all of Bou's hospital bills are forwarded to them.

A Little Weird

(1,754 posts)
9. I hope that's true
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 10:24 PM
Jun 2014

That's the least they should do. But it says the DA and Sheriff's Dept came out quickly to say that the cops did nothing wrong. So I don't expect them to feel the need to truly compensate the victims. If throwing a flash grenade into a baby's playpen isn't considered wrong in their book, I don't know what is.

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