‘I Never Saw Her Again’: Maya Kowalski Breaks Down in Tears While Recalling Last Time Seeing Mom
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Maya Kowalski, the subject of Netlfix’s “Take Care of Maya” documentary, took the stand Monday in her family’s civil trial against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Kowalski emotionally recalled the last time she saw her mom, Beata Kowalski, before she took her own life in the garage of their family home. “I never saw her again,” Kowalski tearfully said. Kowalski testified she was kept away from her mother and father while being treated at the hospital, stating staff kept her separated from her parents.
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What they did to this family is disgusting. This entire family is beyond destroyed.
Very much so. Excruciating to watch.
Actually a few minutes into this video I have to stop.
oh yes girl younger tell her that I love her and that’s gonna be OK but it’s all right it’s not gonna be OK with me she’s never going to see her mom again and Jack will never see this wife again and I believe they were kind of a bad they weren’t getting along, obviously they were going through Kyle loves his sister sister so much
All of you “mothers” in an uproar about this look the same and got the same broken vibe.
It's devastating. ❤ so much love to Maya and her family.
They 100% Imprisoned Maya without a doubt. Preventing her from seeing/talking to her parents, preventing her from even talking to a fellow patient is absolutely ridiculous. THAT IS IMPRISIONMENT! They should be charged for keeping her hostage.
Her baggy eyes, her demeanour, body language and the way she talks and emotions that come flooding out just showcases how much trauma and pain this girl has gone through… she’s broken 😞 😢
Yes the youi judge needs have some compassion for her
@@stacyhunt4783 L comment
It’s so heartbreaking because she will live with this trauma and the loss of her mother the rest of her life and she is so young. Trauma like this brings out chronic illnesses, mental health issues, etc.. over time. She deserves every penny she is getting. Shame on Johns Hopkins.
Yes. This is not ok. The hospital staff and DCF needs to go to jail for this.
The father is broken ,too.They went to the hospital for help,and got this .
My mother died at the hands of a Hospital. Dismissed when she went to ER & told them how sick she was after her pacemaker. 3 days later she went into septic shock. Still didn't believe her. She died in the Hospital knowing she wasnt being heard. Prayers for this family 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 its been almost 6 years since my Mom passed and we are still dealing with lawsuits.
I'm so sorry! Sue T F outta that hospital!! Praying for a big win for your family's suffering! 😡
I am so sorry, your mother was not heard by those in the medical field. Shame on them, the quality care hospitals provide has gone downhill rather quickly. Sending you my condolences.
The mother was off her rocker. No mother kills herself in this context. Put your sympathies aside. That's what the jurors have to do.
How would a pace maker turn you septic
@supme7558 she got and infection in the lead where they put in the pacemaker a few weeks after it was put in.
Everyone that was involved should get fired. They knew that without the parents present they could do with her what they wanted. They wanted to show her at 10 years of age that they were in control of her life. They need to be held accountable. I can’t imagine how many more of this situations are happening through out the medical industry. People need to be held accountable again no matter where you work at.
100000%!!!!!!
They should be arrested oe in 6 ft of drt
poor maya will never be the same without her mom. she would be so proud of you maya, and the world loves you. may she rest in peace
What Maya went through breaks my heart. I hope she gets justice for her family
Yeah but what about kyle?
By gum, Maya is a powerful witness!! She's very articulate while giving her absolutely heart-rending evidence....considering the merciless and cruel b.s she and her family have had to endure.
You don't have to think about being an impactful when your telling the truth, but I agree. She is very articulate and also very beautiful.
I want the name of every nurse and doctor involved in this case to be held accountable. I can't believe the heartlessness!
Total evil on the part of the doctors. I am so proud of this young woman trying to get justice for her mom. 💗
I am very proud of Maya to stand up like this. She’s almost 17. She has a disability and that kind of pain I could see the Mom because the first thing the hospital said is let’s get you off of these narcotics and then she was in more pain these doctors are monsters this is lawyers expect them to receive give a defense, but look what they’ve done and the judge keeps abstaining it and going in that direction and giving statements that they’re really not responsible, blah blah it really makes me angry.
Oh brother
@@stacyhunt4783judge is right sadly
I'm scared of hospitals, psychologists, nurses, and doctors. They have too much power in society. This needs to change.
Yes
I wish my mom noticed, listened and understood my struggles like Maya’s mother did.
Her mother seemed like such a wonderful mother who always cared about her children, it’s heartbreaking that she took her own life. These poor kids 😢
If that is your real picture then you're fellow asian. Yall already know asian parents are harsh AF with their kids especially if the parents are from a 3rd world country.
Bless this young woman for being able to stay so strong despite the unfathomable things she has had to endure
Under these very trying circumstances, Maya is a composed and well spoken young lady.. Peace to you and your family.
This is so heartbreaking. My God. This family needs justice.
Breaking my heart just hearing Maya share her experience. How devastating for her to experience this tragic loss 😢😢😢
God bless this child. This is heartbreaking.
My heart breaks for this poor child
I’m so so so sorry for everything you’ve been through
Sending prayers from Sydney Australia 🙏 ❤️
Just cruel and inhumane.I hope they win this case they deserve it.
What they did to this young woman is incredibly wrong!!! As a former pediatric nurse I wouldn’t have probably lost my job fighting for this young woman’s rights as a child & patient 🤬🥲🙏🏻💜
The hospital was stuck between a rock and a hard place, and as a provider you would be expected to understand that. They're duty was to the child, not her mother. If they hadn't done it then that family would be suing them for not doing anything. The mother took made a choice to kill herself and leave the child behind while knowing her decision would further traumatize Maya. She intentionally ended the investigation and made herself a forever victim. Maybe those investigators were on the right track.
Their duty was to the child you say. Well, you see what they did to this child and her family. Disgusting!
@76482 If the hospital staff’s goal was actually for Maya’s well-being then why would they be isolating her from even other children and parents on her same floor in the hospital?
That’s a common tactic which ab*sers use so they’re not found out and if they had nothing to hide and weren’t doing anything wrong then I see no reason why Maya wouldn’t be allowed to interact with others if she was feeling well enough
@@EternalGalaxies, It's called a process of elimination. Someone other than the mother could've been doing something to harm the child. The hospital had to isolate her and see if her medical condition improved, worsened, or remained the same. If she improved then investigators know which direction move in next step of their protocal. Also to note the hospital wasn't making those decisions about Maya, they were following govt instructions.
You have no clue
This poor family. The son, he looks so sad. I wish I could hug him.
Who is he/him?
@@jjjonse her brother
@@eilynfortunaperezramirez6217 thanks. I’m all new to this case. Didn’t know it was her brother. 🌸
This story makes me cry and want to give this poor girl a hug. That hospital really f’d up.
This young lady has gone through so much at a young age I feel for her and her family through all of this. What ever the outcome of the trial will never bring her mum back and I hope the hospital staff who caused the trauma on the family will have nightmares for the rest of their lives. This family is so strong and I speak for many to say that they are all truly remarkable ❤
This family is beyond destroyed, my heart is broken for them all, that poor desperate mother who was driven to utter helplessness is gut wrenching….This family will never be the same, and how in the world will they ever be able to trust ANY medical professional
❤fromTX
Pay up, hospital. Own and see your mistakes....
Really feel and hear it....
The actual people that caused this aren't there
Maya is so strong and sweet. The whole family have gone through a lot. I pray that they are healed. Hope there will be law regulations to prevent something like this happen again.
I feel that there might be some cover up from the hospital staff. Perhaps when time went by, in the second month or so on they already knew the truth (Maya is ill and has CRPS) but tried to cover their mistakes up. Otherwise why Maya can't talk to other kids?
This is just heartbreaking. Many blessings to this young lady. May her mom rest in peace.
This is so heartbreaking what Maya went through 😢 I hope one day she finds peace in her heart. This family deserves justice for what they went through.
Chilling to know this happens to children, at a children's hospital!
What they did to this child & family is 💔
So so sad. The hurt in her voice and eyes kill me.
Praying for justice for this family 💔
Bless this family, they have endured so much pain and sadness.
Poor girl looks drained 😢❤
I saw this in Netflix. For a mom who used to have a kid w/ a medical issue yrs back, this is so heart breaking 😢
This is just so heartbreaking. Her and her brother have endured so much and they are still just children
I hope the family gets every penny.
They got over 200 million but the hospital is trying to appeal.
It's sad to see a young girl suffer like this is heartbreaking and to sick and still loose her mother
My heart breaks for this family 💔
The documentary shattered me and this clip has shattered me. My heart is broken for this family and i will stand and fight with them until the end.
Heartbreak what this girl went troughs in her life. I lost my dad I was younger In absolutely different circumstances, but seeing her wound is so painful… 😭
poor girl- so sad...heart breaking to lose her mum like that...
The 1st minute of this video brought tears to my eyes
I'm so sorry for that child n her brother.
God comfort them. This is so horribly sad. No body should ever go through anything like that.
What I hate the most is that they took this thru court which means that everyone directly responsible for doing this to her went “🤷♀️ wasn’t me!” And refused to admit fault. I’m so glad the jury had some sense and saw the hospital at fault
This is heartbreaking, what a dreadful way to treat this family.
My land... that broke my heart. I just now watched the documentary and come here for court info
Poor child was held captive by this disgusting hospital 😡
Heartbreaking
May justice prevail.
It's absolutely heartbreaking to think of what this young girl went through. 💔
I hope they get the trial they deserve the story is so sad and heartbreaking ... as a parent just imagine the helpless she felt although yes mom shoulda never done it but they drove her mom i mean the lack of empathy .
If i was the judge id tell that hospital to write a check and don't stop adding zeros till they ran out of ink........
These poor kids just want justice for their mom.
Its just so heart breaking 😢
Heartbreaking 💔
I also feel sorry for her brother. I just watched this on Netflix and 2 things that breaks my heart, one is when their parents fight and you could hear how her brother tried to comfort the mother. Second is how her brother also witnessed the mother in the garage, you could hear he's crying
2:26 The lawyer shouldn’t have asked her if she wanted water during her crying about her mom and the necklace. The jury needed to see her pain until she was ready to speak again. The lawyer said “have some water”. That interrupted the moment.
It’s ok. He’s concerned with her. That shows it all.
They know, yo don’t need to see tears to know someone is in pain. They are smarter then those hospital staff.
I agree. I've noticed many instances where he interrupted the moment and rushed the witness, or abruptly asked another question. His timing isn't the best, unfortunately. Often silence is very powerful, or a bombshell statement needs a few seconds to really sink in. I'm not saying there hasn't been incredibly powerful testimony, just that if he really honed in on his timing, the testimony would have even more impact and poignancy.
I think the phrase “have some water” is a way to keep her calm in a very upsetting situation. They don’t want her to totally loose it. That wouldn’t be good in this situation l
Honestly it bugged me that he kept telling her to have some water. i know there is nothing else he could have done, but it felt disingenuous and like he wasnt listening. but again i know theres nothing else he could have done. maybe i'm just sensitive when it comes to this family 😢
I can't stop crying 😭😭😭 prayers for this family 🙏💕
This doctor who caused this should lose his license and go to prison for murder! It’s the most evil thing that I’ve ever heard and it’s a lot more common than you think. Doctors think they are Gods and they are so very far from perfect. This type of actions is why many people have lost all faith in the medical system.
What utter BS. How about we blame the mom for actually unaliving herself.
She's the one who caused her family the pain.
@@LIGal398are you in the medical field? Just curious.
@@LIGal398 Unbelievable. Really.
@@LIGal398 how about we just don’t? And I hope this never EVER ever has to happen to you
@@pitchshifthub Don't what? Blame people who don't deserve blame?
Beata was an unstable, deeply disturbed woman who chose an irrational action that caused tremendous pain to the very child she was supposedly trying to protect.
In the end, unaliving is a tragic event but blaming others is just wrong.
I am not a sensitive person but this made me cry:(
My heart goes out to this family. 🦋
My mom was a young mother when she took my sister because she had an allergic reaction to food. The doctors saw some bruises because she fell playing in the park and accused my mom of abuse so they went to get security or something and my mom quickly dressed my sister and ran away from that hospital. Luckily she did because who knows if they did something similar to her. At that time, children were stolen easily as well. my heart hurts for this family 😢
What a beautiful little girl now young woman, she is devastated over her Mom’s death. I feel so sad for this beautiful family 😢
Heart-wrenching.
They will never fully recover i hope they do if only they get justice. Saddest case
Sending love to you Maya! ❤
We love you Maya.
she loves her family so much, at a young age she spends the funds to buy her brother and parents a gift each
She was bought toys as well. It shows them in the pics.
This is beyond disgusting. Really? She was not even allowed to talk to other kids? And the hospital fraudulently claimed she doesn't want to speak to her parents on her freaking behalf? Well done upholding the Hippocratic Oath.
poor girl i feel so sorry for her.
Maya you are so strong honey! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Poor poor family, what a tragedy 😢
I am enraged at the hospital for what they did to this family but I feel guilty for admitting this but I’m also angry at the mother for giving up. She must have been in more pain than I could possibly imagine.
I think she possibly did it because she thought that it would help get Maya back with her dad at least. Unfortunately she was right too. I wish so bad she hadn't, but I do understand why she would think about it in that light. 🥺
No I'm angry at the mother as well. She has a sick child who really needed her and she abandones the child in her most trying moments. Very selfish. At the same time I am no stranger to deep deep depression so I understand
I don't think she did it out of pain. She was desperate to get Maya the treatment she needed. She sat there knowing how much pain Maya was in day after day and then that doctor told her that she was at risk for blood clots without treatment and that her life was in jeopardy. Nothing was moving forward at all and she felt like if she was out of the picture Maya would go home and her dad would get her appropriate treatment. I think she honestly believed that she was trading her own life for Maya's.... and maybe she did.
I feel like she was trying to save her daughter. She felt her daughter would have a bigger chance of survival if she was out of the picture. So she made sure she was gone. Honestly if it would save my child I would do the same.
Honestly, I don't think what you're describing is anger. It's frustration. It's a normal response, often felt by people suffering from depression too. Sometimes people sadly lose their fight with such a disease, just as they would with any other. It's the way of life, a sad reality.
She was tortured during her 3 months under the hospital’s imprisonment
This guy asking her if she needs water is so annoying. Water doesn't heal pain. So insensitive!
Maya I’m so sorry these people failed you. ❤️
So sorry Maya. ❤
I can't stop crying When she said that she thought she got $20 that program where people who share the hospital birthday sets and give you that in the meme social worker said what are you want to get for your birthday and she got her brother something and she got her mom necklace. I love you to the moon and back because she would always say that and her dad and then there’s something with her aunt Wendy, who she, she gave her dad something from her and said it was from Maya necklace off. wearing it when she stop crying.
Omg this breaks my heart for maya and her family i was crying so much listening to her talk about the last time she saw her mother and got her mother a matching necklace that she was still wearing the day she hung herself omg that had me balling my eyes out so 😔 😢 i feel for this family the unnecessary pain and emotional pain this hospital caused this family for months and they did everything in there power to keep the mother away from her daughter all this could have been handled totally different if they would have just looked at the medical history and spoke with doctors maya and her mother saw instead they chose to do none of that and make an assumption the mother caused all this.
Dr. Smith needs to be in prison
I want to give her a hug
She is heart broken 💔 🥺 I’m praying for her family
Note to self.. never admit my child in this hospital. If so, aquire an attny before hand.
And beware of hospital "social workers". Require that anyone you speak with identify themselves and do not talk to the social workers without an attorney present. The hospital social workers work hand in hand with Child Protective Services and you'd be shocked at how quick and baseless they are at throwing accusations around. When my infant son was in the PICU for IUGR, the hospital social workers accused me of having "severe Postpartum Depression" when there was absolutely zero evidence of such, and I'd never had post partum with any of my 5 previous children. I won't say all, but many of the "social workers" are disgusting crooks.
I had a horrific experience with hospital social workers as well. I went in for pain due to my Crohns disease and they thought I was suicidal and lying. They lied to me and said I would be arrested if I didnt' agree to go to a mental institution. I was forced under threat of arrest to go for 2 days. I will never set foot in a hosptial again unless I am on my deathbed@@jessisblessed6689
such a brave women youre mother is proud of you lm sure
This poor dear girl
This is unspeakable. A mother and father take their child for help and this happens?!
Blessings to yiu and enire family. ❤️🙏❤️
What the f*** not only should they get sued but they should lose their license for what they did to her I have been hospitalized numerous times and been seriously abused by hospitals they've all gotten away with their bulshit. But what they did to this young girl is damaging for the rest of her life including losing her mother because of it
Hope they’ll win this case and that will give a peace to this family
This case broke me. Beata was a strong woman, a strong mom but just imagine the heartbreak she must’ve felt that time they stripped Maya away from her. She could no longer bear the pain, that’s so sad and heartbreaking. She never saw Maya again, Maya never saw her again. 😭😭😭
Why is that woman behind her father smiling at her saying that she never saw her mom again? Disturbing.
I was thinking she must be listening to something other than the trial. I can’t imagine smiling through that. It brought me to tears.
She had her headphones in and was messing around on her phone, still looks pretty out of place and is super disrespectful and distracting during such an intense time 😬🤦🏻♀️
Omg I just commented the same thing… it’s disgusting
Some people can’t sit through and listen to people’s pain. She brought headphones and sat on her phone. Who is to say she heard what was even going on? Focus on the bigger picture. This family needs justice. That lady means nothing.
The hospital better pay this child enough money to not have any worry in the world ever again and just joy, this won't come close to replacing her mom, but they need to pay big time for what they did to her!
They tortured this girl … mentally and physically. There’s no justification for what they did
She was only 10. Why must she have to go through all the things that she did? I'm happy she and her family won the case but the cost had been too much. She lost her mother and experienced one of the worst possible experiences one could ever live and at such a young age at that. I wish for her to heal from all of this and for her to have a peaceful life.
Oh wow must be hard on this family. I just can’t be believed they went through this
The extent of this crime is growing every day. This will turn out as a huge scandal! Frankly, I hope that the bad reputation Johns Hopkins has acquired as a result of this case will have a dramatic impact to them.
Unbelievable what people do to each other, they destroyed the family and all of their lives forever 😢
Hospitals are terrifying places. 😢
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So sad