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Keep Noah Home

for those of you wondering what our family has been going through this past month;

On May 17, I came home from work & noticed Noah wasn’t using his left arm & would fuss when it was moved or touched. I called his pediatrician & he recommended a visit with him the following morning, or a visit to urgent care. Because of the trust I had in Helen Devos Children’s Hospital after saving his life when he had breathing problems after birth, & the fact that something was clearly wrong with my son, we decided to take him to their ER. Several xrays were taken including a head CT. Only result: Noah had an upper humerus fracture. Kody & I had absolutely no idea how this could have happened & we were horrified. The only explanation we had that was when our dogs thought someone was at our back door, they hightailed it out of our living room & slammed into Noah while he was in his walker. During which he did cry, but was comforted & stopped crying soon after. No medical treatment such as a cast would be needed as this fracture would be fully healed by itself within the next 2-3 weeks. We were to follow up with a specialist & told that CPS would be following up, as it’s protocol. We were then discharged. My son was kept from food or sleep for 4+ hours at the hospital & we were relieved to get him home & get our family fed & in bed.

At 11:00pm we were called from a CPS worker, told Noah could not be in our care & we needed to find someone else he could stay with due to the fracture he had. Also that she was 15 minutes away to ensure Noah’s removal. My parents arrived soon after, in a panic but ready to take Noah.

We were told Kody, myself, nor my sister who is his babysitter could be alone with Noah, ever, until further notice. We’ve been under such “safety plan” since & have had to rearrange the lives of the Kane’s & Scott’s to comply.

I had very little follow up with CPS despite numerous attempts & when I did it wasn’t pleasant. Kody, myself & my sister have also had to undergo “interviews” with law enforcement. My sister’s last one resulted her in tears & panic from their interrogation & Kody & I decided to retain an attorney. We’ve been told numerous times by case workers & doctors from the Helen Devos Center of Child Protection that our explanation with the dogs was not “plausible” & was determined to be a result of pediatric abuse or neglect.

Today we had our hearing & it was decided that it had to go to trial. August 7th, unless it’s rescheduled, will determine whether or not Noah can stay in mine & Kody’s care, or be moved to my parents home until further notice.

If you know Kody & I, you know our son is the only thing in our life that matters, & that any sort of neglect or abuse is an absolute false accusation. We are heartbroken to be going through this, & there are many days the threat of losing my son makes it difficult to get out of bed in the morning. But I do it, for Noah.

We have been steamrolled by CPS, law enforcement & the doctors at Helen Devos simply because we didn’t know our rights & were never told them. Helen Devos will report to CPS for the slightest matter, as I know someone facing court for neglect with her child simply because they reported her son to CPS for “smelling like urine.”

So far, it’s not looking good for Kody & I but I want to warn other parents. Helen Devos & CPS have a God complex & have destroyed more good families than they have helped. Please give your children the medical attention they need, but be wary of those you trust in caring for your child, especially Helen Devos.

I am aware that there are compassionate, selfless, loving people who work there & have our children’s best interest in mind, but what they have put my family through due to their jaded & arrogant perspective, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forgive. The thought of Kody & I losing rights to our perfect ray of light is enough to make me crumble, & Lord I am trying so hard to stay strong.

Please continue praying for my family, it would mean the absolute world to us to know we have an army of people reaching out to God for us.

Organizer

Chelsea Scott
Organizer
Wyoming, MI

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