Nurse who left daughter, 6, in car fights DCFS neglect finding

Nurse who left daughter, 6, in car fights DCFS neglect finding

As a longtime emergency room nurse, Lisa Graham knows what child abuse and neglect look like.

In fact, she's called the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services hotline when minors appeared at the suburban hospital where she works with a suspicious injury or other sign of potential risk.

But, two years after the Wheaton mother had what she considers "at most a momentary lapse in judgment in a busy life," she still is fighting an emotional and costly battle to prove she is not a neglectful parent.