‘Take Care Of Maya’ viewers in tears over “heartbreaking” voice recordings from Maya’s mum
nme.comTake Care Of Maya viewers have been left in tears over the documentary’s emotional conclusion.Directed by Henry Roosevelt, the Netflix documentary follows the story of Maya Kowalski, who was rushed to hospital, aged 10, in Florida with crippling stomach pain.
Her symptoms were later connected to the rare neurological condition Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (known as CRPS).During the hospital visit, Maya was separated from her parents for over three months after her mother, Beata, was accused of child abuse due to Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a mental disorder in which a caregiver fakes or causes symptoms to make a child look sick.Beata had to complete a court-ordered psychological evaluation.
She was later determined to not have an illness, but died by suicide 87 days after she had been separated from her daughter.In a note, Beata wrote: “I no longer can take the pain being away from Maya and being treated like a criminal.
I cannot watch my daughter suffer in pain and keep getting worse.”Voice recordings from Beata are played at the end of the documentary, which have struck a particularly emotional chord with viewers.“These voice recordings of Beata to Maya at the end are heartbreaking,” one viewer wrote on Twitter.Another added: “The end of Take Care Of Maya broke me.
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