'Overanxious mother': Erin Patterson's distrust of doctors detailed in court

Accused triple murderer Erin Patterson has elaborate really doctors felt she was an "overanxious mother" arsenic she described losing spot successful nan aesculapian system.

On her 2nd time successful a Supreme Court witnesser container today, Patterson explained really she thought she had ovarian and encephalon cancer, and was investigating autoimmune diseases.

"I deliberation I wasted a batch of time," she told nan jury, shaking her head.

"Not only my clip but aesculapian people's time, done each my Dr Googling.

"It's difficult to warrant it, but pinch nan use of hindsight I tin spot that I conscionable mislaid truthful overmuch religion successful nan aesculapian system."

She explained issues pinch her children's health, including erstwhile her girl developed an ovarian cyst earlier 8 months aged that was not picked up earlier, and really her boy had an X-ray taken of nan incorrect knee.

"Right from erstwhile she was calved I thought location was thing incorrect - she cried a batch but not a normal cry," Patterson said of her daughter.

"I took her to a batch of doctors and moreover nan hospital, and what they commented to maine was I was an overanxious mother, to relax and she's conscionable a normal baby."

Patterson said successful August 2014 she was giving her babe a belly massage 1 time erstwhile she felt "a mass" and took her to nan doctor, but she was dismissed.

"They still dismissed maine moreover then. They said she conscionable had a very afloat bladder and we should wait," she told nan assemblage sitting successful Morwell, successful south-east Victoria.

There was not a spare spot successful nan location courtroom, pinch nan nationalist filling astir rows and 2 rows of nan victims' families, including sole luncheon subsister Ian Wilkinson.

Patterson said this "considerably damaged" her religion successful nan wellness strategy and she was near successful a "hyper authorities of worry after".

She besides elaborate her ain conflict pinch getting tests done aft experiencing weight gain, fatigue, headaches, and swelling successful her hands and feet.

Patterson said her wedding ringing "suddenly wouldn't fit" and she took it to a jeweller for resizing but her hands had grown again erstwhile she picked it up.

"I consulted Dr Google," she said.

She said she yet realised "doctors person aesculapian training" and she could not lick it herself.

"Not each headache is simply a encephalon tumour," she said.

Patterson said she had a family history of ovarian crab connected some sides, but admitted she had ne'er had a needle biopsy, nor been diagnosed pinch ovarian cancer.

Earlier, she said astir her estranged husband's parents Don and Gail Patterson and doubly referred to them arsenic "nana and papa".

She said aft she separated from Simon successful 2015 her narration pinch them "never changed".

"I was conscionable their daughter-in-law, they conscionable continued to emotion me," she said and past cried.

Patterson besides became affectional arsenic she described really Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson would "always spell retired of her measurement to beryllium pinch maine and make judge that I had company".

Patterson wore a navy and achromatic spotted top, achromatic pants and sandals erstwhile she entered nan witnesser container for a 2nd day.

The 50-year-old has pleaded not blameworthy to 3 counts of execution and 1 attempted execution complaint complete a venomous beef Wellington luncheon she made for her erstwhile husband's family successful July 2023.

Her erstwhile in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, 70, and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, died successful infirmary days aft eating nan dish, while Ian Wilkinson was nan only surviving guest.

The proceedings earlier Justice Christopher Beale continues.

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