A Sacramento family was torn apart after a 5-month-old baby boy was taken from his parents following a visit to the doctor.<\/p>\n
The young couple thought their problems were behind them after their son had a scare at the hospital, but once they got home their problems got even worse.<\/p>\n
It all began nearly two weeks ago, when Anna Nikolayev and her husband Alex took their 5-month-old boy Sammy to Sutter Memorial Hospital to be treated for flu symptoms, but they didn\u2019t like the care Sammy was getting.<\/p>\n
For example, one day Anna asked why a nurse was giving her son antibiotics.<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked her, for what is that? And she\u2019s like, \u2018I don\u2019t know.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018you\u2019re working as a nurse, and you don\u2019t even know what to give to my baby for what,\u2019\u201d Anna explained.<\/p>\n
According to Anna, a doctor later said Sammy shouldn\u2019t have been on the antibiotics.<\/p>\n
Anna said Sammy suffers from a heart murmur and had been seeing a doctor at Sutter for regular treatment since he was born. After Sammy was treated for flu symptoms last week, doctors at Sutter admitted him to the pediatric ICU to monitor his condition. After a few days, Anna said doctors began talking about heart surgery.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we got the one mistake after another, I don\u2019t want to have my baby have surgery in the hospital where I don\u2019t feel safe,\u201d Anna said.<\/p>\n
Anna argued with doctors about getting a second opinion. Without a proper discharge, she finally took Sammy out of the hospital to get a second opinion at Kaiser Permanente.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe police showed up there. They saw that the baby was fine,\u201d Anna said. \u201cThey told us that Sutter was telling them so much bad stuff that they thought that this baby is dying on our arms.\u201d<\/p>\n
Medical records from the doctor treating Sammy at Kaiser Permanente said the baby as clinically safe to go home with his parents. The doctor added, \u201cI do not have concern for the safety of the child at home with his parents.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo police saw the report from the doctors, said, \u2018okay guys, you have a good day,\u2019 and they walked away,\u201d Anna said.<\/p>\n
Anna said the next day police and child protective services showed up on her doorstep. Alex Nikolayev said he met them outside a short time after they arrived.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was pushed against the building, smacked down. I said, \u2018am I being placed under arrest?\u2019 He smacked me down onto the ground, yelled out, \u2018I think I got the keys to the house,\u2019\u201d Alex said.<\/p>\n
Then police let themselves inside.<\/p>\n
On home video shot with a camera Anna set up herself, police can be seen entering her front door on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to grab your baby, and don\u2019t resist, and don\u2019t fight me ok?\u201d a Sacramento police officer said in the video.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s like, \u2018okay let your son go,\u2019 so I had to let him go, and he grabbed my arm, so I couldn\u2019t take Sammy. And they took Sammy, and they just walked away,\u201d Anna said.<\/p>\n
When News10 spoke with police, they said talk to CPS; CPS did not say much about the case. Just before 6 p.m. Thursday, Anna said that a CPS social worker told her, the reason they took Sammy is because of severe neglect; however, the social worker didn\u2019t elaborate on that neglect.<\/p>\n
Sutter Memorial was asked to comment on the story, but the hospital said the case was with CPS and law enforcement and they would have to comment on the case. CPS said they can\u2019t specifically comment on this case because of privacy law, but CPS spokesperson Laura McCasland said, \u201cWe conduct a risk assessment of the child\u2019s safety and rely heavily on the direction of health care providers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems like parents have no right whatsoever,\u201d Alex said.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Anna and Alex were allowed a one hour visitation with Sammy; he\u2019s currently in protective custody at Sutter Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n