Gypsy Rose Blanchard recently opened up about the medical abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother and detailed which unnecessary surgery was the most traumatic.
The 32-year-old woman was a victim of Munchausen by proxy throughout her childhood. The psychological disorder causes parents to take extreme measures to make their children appear seriously ill. In Blanchard’s case, her mother, Dee Dee, was the abuser.
Using medications and manipulation, Dee Dee created symptoms in her daughter that caused doctors to conduct endless searches to cure her. Because of that, Gypsy Rose Blanchard often went under the knife unnecessarily.
A surgery that removed the salivary glands behind the back of his neck stands out as the most painful. “[I] “didn’t respond very well to anesthesia,” he explained to PEOPLE. Therefore, his recovery process was “very, very difficult.”
Aside from the immediate problems, the surgery created lasting problems. “To this day, it has left me with the side effects of having to clear my throat all the time,” she added. “So it’s always, if you listen to me, a constant thing that I’ve had since then. And that bothers people a lot.”
“It’s because my saliva is very thick and that’s why I always have to clear my throat,” he added. “So it’s been a negative side effect for me.”
Gypsy Rose Blanchard detailed her mother’s manipulation tactics
Blanchard had her glands removed because her mother put Orajel on her daughter’s gums before a doctor’s appointment. The gel made Blanchard drool, and Dee Dee convinced the doctor that it was an ongoing problem that needed to be fixed.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard admitted that she would ask her mother if all the procedures were necessary. But when she did, she created terribly traumatic situations.
“She would get very angry with me and start manipulating me in a way that took away her love,” he shared.
“At the time of submission, things were going really well and we were doing things together that were fun for us,” he continued. “At night we watched a movie, we went to the zoo together. We would just do little things together around town that were fun, bonding moments. And then I would be a little more rebellious and question illnesses, and that would be really, really toxic.”
Blanchard eventually convinced her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, to kill Dee Dee in 2015. She was convicted of second-degree murder and spent eight years in prison. Gypsy Rose Blanchard was granted parole and she was released on Thursday, December 28.
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