Sam had been sick since he was a young child. He was rushed to the hospital by his desperately concerned mother. Although his mother was praised by the hospital personnel for her attentiveness, the doctors discovered that the mother had been injecting her son with 7-up to make him sick so she could get attention and sympathy from medical personnel and be considered a "concerned, devoted" mother. Sam's mother would most likely be diagnosed with

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Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a mental health disorder where a caregiver makes up or causes an illness or injury in a person under their care, such as a child, to gain attention and sympathy. Injecting a child with substances to induce sickness fits this description.

Sam Had Been Sick Since He Was a Young Child