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Mom Thinks Son She Horrifically Killed Was "Resurrected by God"

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Alexandro Gabriel Rida was born on January 30th 1998 to ail and Rica ritaa who immigrated from Romania to Canada in 1985 13 years before his birth Rica was a stay-at-home mom and Emil worked in construction the ridas had a big family Alex had seven siblings five older and two younger he also had another sister born in 1990 who died at 3 and A2 years old Alex was a sweet-natured little boy with a bright smile his kindergarten teacher described him as very outgoing she said he was inquisitive he asked lots of questions and he loved going to

school according to his younger sister he was a smart creative boy who enjoyed drawing and making art he also liked playing with Legos and Pokemon however Alex had some troubles early on in life a month and a half before his third birthday in the early evening hours of December 13th 2000 Alex experienced his first medical crisis he was taken to the the emergency room of Siri Memorial Hospital in British Columbia doctors noted that he was feverish and quite ill Alex was suffering from belly pain he was vomiting and he was extremely thirsty he

had dark circles under his eyes and exhibited an altered state of consciousness to be clear he wasn't unconscious in small children an altered state would likely mean the child seemed lethargic confused or inattentive Dr White the onall pediatrician also noted the distinct fruit smell of ketones on Alex's breath once the laboratory tests returned they confirmed what Dr White already could tell Alex was suffering from type 1 diabetes in order to understand Alex's story it is important to understand type 1 diabetes many

people are familiar with type 2 diabetes which is the disease that can be associated with obesity type 2 which is usually found in adults the body still makes insulin but it can't use it efficiently there are a lot of ways to treat type 2 diabetes such as diet exercise and a variety medicines however type 1 diabetes also called insulin dependent diabetes produces similar symptoms but it's a very different disease in type 1 diabetes which is usually found in children and young adults the body loses the ability to

produce insulin there's only one treatment people suffering from type 1 diabetes must take insulin via something like a syringe a pen or a needle or even a pump type one never goes away there is no cure for it and those affected by it must take insulin every fre day for the rest of their lives insulin is a hormone that lets the body use glucose in food and turn it into energy is often described as a key that unlocks the energy and sugar a healthy body makes small adjustments to insulin secretion every few minutes based on physical

activity and food eating and can easily access the energy stored in glucose if a diabetic eats a normal amount of food with no insulin to turn it into energy no key to unlock it the glucose in that food will be trapped in the bloodstream leading to high blood sugar this stresses the kidneys and they will try to flush the excess sugar from the body with no glucose to provide energy the body will burn fat which causes acids to build up in the blood these acids are called ketones the cause of the fruity breath Dr White smelled when examining

Alex this state is called diabetic keto acidosis and is characterized by nausea vomiting and lethargy followed by coma shock and then death with proper treatment children with type 1 can live long lives without proper treatment death is UN avoidable before insulin was discovered in 1922 babies born with this disease died within a year a starvation diet was found to prolong life by preventing diabetic keto acidosis but left the children with no energy to move grow heal or fight off the disease whatsoever Dr White spoke with Rica and

explained that Alex had type 1 diabetes what it was and how he would need to be treated however Roa insisted that the diagnosis was incorrect and that she and God were going to to prove all of the doctors wrong now Dr White found this Behavior most unusual most parents he observed in similar situations were more concerned with how ill their child is but she was more concerned with challenging the diagnosis Dr White was not the only official frustrated by the behavior of Rica and Amil there was a pattern to their abuse described as odd

stubborn and often hostile to medical personnel the couple had challenged doctors and case workers before in 1991 while living in Ontario the ridas had a 3 and a 12-month-old daughter who died without any medical care according to the coroner's report the ridas told the investigators they were new to the country arriving in 1990 and didn't realize there was Health Care available to them now this is incorrect according to a reporting from the National Post the ridas immigrated in the mid 80s years before the infant girl

died it is hard to believe they remained ignorant for so long Rica also had a baby boy in the '90s the exact date is unclear but the child was not Alex the baby was born premature and required oxygen roica refused life-saving treatment so adamantly that the Children's Aid Society had to temporarily cease custody of the child at 5 and A2 months old the same child developed a seizure disorder and Rica again rejected the advice of the doctors refusing to give him the prescribed anti-seizure medication social workers

once again had to take custody returning him once the redas agreed to comply with the doctor's orders in both cases not long after officials were involved the redita family moved before the investigation could be completed first to Windsor Ontario and then to kitner Ontario and then leaving the province of Ontario all together for British Colombia on the other side of the country approximately a 40-hour car drive away because the various provinces didn't have robust procedures to follow families that left their jurisdictions

no one taking care of Alex in British Colombia knew that his family habitually rejected medical advice in the past once Alex's condition was stabilized in the surri emergency room he was transferred to the British Columbia Children's Hospital Intensive Care Unit where they had more resources to care for the severely ill little boy along with a staff and a clinic designed to teach parents about diabetes and train them to take care of their diabetic child Alex arrived at the Children's Hospital on December 14th 2000 where his new

pediatrician Dr Daniel Meer also diagnosed him as a type 1 diabetic in the state of diabetic keto acidosis confirming this diagnosis with lab work Dr Meer soon realized that the ridas were in what he called gross denial of Alex's disease he alerted the hospital social worker as well as the ministry for Children and Family Services the officials told Rica and ail they would not be allowed to take Alex home when he recovered if they did didn't take training at the diabetes clinic and agree to administer his medicine

properly at the bcch clinic Rica and Amil learned how to test Alex's blood sugar keep a log book of his readings plan a healthy diet calculate how much insulin was needed based on this diet to administer that insulin and what symptoms signified danger they were given a hotline number they could call 24 hours a day if they were confused or had any questions about his care in addition they would have learned that proper treatment has to happen every day in Alex's case he would test his glucose at least four times a day and eject

insulin at least three times a day the clinic also provided all diabetic supplies including insulin free of charge on December 22nd 2000 Alex was released to the care of his parents BC arranged for a nurse to visit twice a day and they had to keep regular appointments with Dr Meer a couple of months later in February of 2001 Dr Meer suspected the ridas were lying about Alex's blood sugar readings because the log book full of normal readings didn't mesch with the weight Alex had lost he asked the nurse to double check the readings and she

confirmed his suspicions high blood sugar readings were followed by low blood sugar readings within minutes in a way that was not medically possible they were testing the blood of someone without diabetes instead of testing Alex's blood putting him in serious danger of another bout of diabetic keto acidosis this was so dangerous and so dishonest that Dr Meer reported it to the Ministry and recommended that Alex be placed in the ministry's care the ridas responded by saying that Dr Meer was picking on them and claimed that

they didn't understand because they hadn't had enough training as if Advanced Training was required to understand the blood samples had to come from the sick child not from someone else in their house Alex was placed in the Siri Memorial Hospital to help him recover from the mismanagement and the ridas were required to complete additional diabetic training instead of being taken away way Alex was returned to his parents custody and switched to the care of Dr White who had first diagnosed Alex in the ER Alex had 11...Part 2 is in the comments👇👇