maternal harm or care

2. Despite being cleared, Leslie said she still feels people ___________ when she walks into a room.
4. Dr. Edward Elmendorf refused to approve a ___________ for Esther, calling her a healthy child.
6. The syndrome Leslie believed her children had is associated with a defect in ___________, a structural protein.
8. Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a disorder in which a caregiver ___________ or induces illness in someone under their care.
9. Doctors were concerned that Leslie wanted Esther to undergo ___________ surgery.
10. The potential brain abnormality mentioned in Esther’s MRI was a ___________ malformation.
12. The judge ultimately ruled that Dr. Sheridan-Matney’s testimony was ___________.
14. The Udvardi children were taken from their school by ___________ and a deputy sheriff.
16. Leslie began researching her children's symptoms using the ___________.
17. The children were later diagnosed with both EDS-plus and ___________ malformation.
18. Dr. Clair Francomano, an expert on EDS, testified in ___________ of Leslie.
19. The social worker told Kirk Udvardi, “You’re going to really need to come out strongly against ___________.”

1. The children had over ___________ doctors’ appointments combined by 2005.
3. A doctor-in-training wrote in Esther’s file: "suspected ___________ by proxy syndrome."
5. Leslie believed that her children might have ___________ syndrome, a connective-tissue disorder.
7. Leslie was accused of subjecting her children to unnecessary and painful ___________ treatments.
11. Although cleared in court, Leslie was later informed that the hospital would no longer ___________ the family.
13. The court-appointed medical expert who believed Leslie fabricated illnesses was Dr. ___________.
15. Leslie described herself as possibly being ___________, but insisted she wasn’t guilty.