Dee Dee insisted that her daughter Gypsy had asthma, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy and cancer - none of it was true.Īfter undergoing numerous unnecessary medical treatments and being forced to use a wheelchair and feeding tube, Gypsy snapped.

Dee Dee had a psychological disorder called Munchausen syndrome by proxy, in which a caregiver fabricates, exaggerates or otherwise induces illness in a person under their care, typically their child.