We do NOT believe she is a case like any of those women who drowned their kids in the bathtub or the like. Of course, one can never be sure. She really does love her kids. BUT, we definitely do think that her delusions could easily cause her to panic in a situation in which the panic would lead to an action which could endanger the children.

It is quite a leap, I know. How hard it was for me to wrap my mind around this and think about everything we had to go through to take care of them, and not even be able to have a REAL reason for going through it.

It's all about what -might- happen.

I would keep falling into the sort of mindset like, but she hasn't DONE anything yet, this is crazy, let's just drop them off and go on vacation! And then my husband would remind me about all the strange and some downright bizarre events over the last 4 years and I would be forced to agree.