When 2-month-old daughter Nara's leg was swollen, Myranda Phillips did what most parents would: She took the infant to Riley Children's Health hospital in Indiana.
"It was warm to the touch," Myranda Phillips told IndyStar, part of the USA TODAY Network. "She wasn't fussy at all, but I was changing her diaper when I noticed. I was calling and asking other parents we know for advice, and ultimately decided to take her."
She and her husband, Grant Phillips, had no idea that decision would take them on a year-long emotional roller coaster with the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS). They'd be accused of abuse by both medical professionals and DCS case workers. Both of their daughters, who were under the age of three at the time, would be taken away.
The couple vehemently denies the allegations and says it was only after getting a medical diagnosis confirming their children have a genetic disorder that a judge would dismiss the case against the couple.
The parents are now suing DCS case managers and supervisors, along with two child abuse pediatric doctors with IU Health, which oversees Riley Health, in a federal lawsuit for wrongfully accusing them of child abuse.
