A Texas mother has been jailed for six years after putting her 8-year-old son through countless unnecessary surgeries that left him in a wheelchair and with a feeding tube, the New York Post reveals.
Kaylene Bowen-Wright claimed that her son, Christopher, was born with a genetic disorder and then later developed cancer that left him with only months to live.
By the time her son was 8, he had been taken to hospitals and paediatric centres more than 320 times and had 13 unneeded surgeries, the Forth Worth Star-Telegram reports.
![Christopher underwent 13 unneeded surgeries. Photo / Facebook](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/75Y26RV5ZGUNEVMCJY2G2AOH4I.jpg?auth=1a1d24ca94a91ad115e5a98a06c1109ecee8954f0425687e9ec2c6f571a05b35&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
Christopher's siblings were convinced that their younger brother was dying as he lived with a feeding tube for most of his life as well as spending time in a wheelchair.