Extreme psychological distress
strongly suggests chronic non-accidental trauma within caregiving environment.
Interventions Initiated
Continuous cardiac and respiratory monitoring
IV access established (left forearm)
Blood samples collected (CBC, electrolytes, CRP)
Fluid therapy initiated (0.9% NaCl)
Analgesia administered (weight-adjusted)
Sedation administered due to inability to safely examine patient otherwise
Wounds cleaned and dressed
Legal and Protective Actions
Due to suspected severe abuse:
Policja (Police) notified at 18:55
Sad Rodzinny (Family Court) informed for urgent protective proceedings
Osrodek Pomocy Spolecznej (Social Welfare / Child Protection Services)
Patient placed under hospital protective custody pending investigation.
Additional Notes
No parent or legal guardian has presented as of time of documentation.
Patient identity not verified.
Case classified as high-risk child abuse.
Attending Physician:Dr. Joanna Kowalczyk
Attending Nurse:Katarzyna Nowak, RN
EMS Documentation:Attached
The Error
Chapter 29
Subconsciously, I think I’d always imagined my father as some kind of monster. As I got older, the childish idea of a cartoon monster disappeared, and in my head he slowly turned into the kind that walks around in dirty wife beaters and constantly reeks of beer. The kind of man who lived off fast food, stayed in some filthy little apartment, watched the same TV show every night, and was basically just unconsciously waiting for the day his liver finally gave out.
So when I found myself standing in front of a large white house with a perfectly kept green lawn on some expensive residential street, I was, to put it mildly, confused as fuck.
This house radiated warmth, and I could’ve sworn that if you closed your eyes, and if we’d been standing there in the afternoon instead of at night, you would’ve been able to hear children laughing somewhere. It was the kind of place where nothing is out of place unless someone puts it there on purpose. Zwierek let out a huffed breath next to me, not a laugh, just that small sound you make when you’re taking something in and don’t have anything smart to say about it.
“... Wow,”he said, almost under his breath.
Yeah.
