MATTHEWS, N.C. — The state is investigating a Charlotte mother’s claim that her son’s collarbone was broken at a day care facility.
She said her son was fine when she dropped him off, but in severe pain when she picked him up that evening.
The regional vice president for Childcare network said there is no evidence the incident happened at the day care center, but the young boy’s mother does not believe it.
Seth Martinez looked happy in his mother’s arms Tuesday night, but the 22-month-old toddler is still in a lot of pain.
His mother, Jeanette, said she picked her son up from the Childcare Network in Matthews earlier this month and was told he had been cranky most of the day.
It was hard to get him in a seat belt, so she took him to a doctor who recommended X-rays.
“I couldn’t believe the X-rays when I saw it. I was in shock. I thought maybe he had a virus or a cold,” she said.
However, the toddler had a broken collarbone.
“It’s not fractured -- it’s broken,” she said.
Martinez said the break could have only happened at the day care center, but officials at the Childcare Network are denying it happened there.
The regional vice president said the company did its own investigation, asking every teacher at the center if anything happened and found no reason to believe it happened there.
The day care center has a four-star rating and was last inspected in March.
Martinez said she called the state, who also questioned her about the injury.
She said she is positive the injury happened at the day care and thinks she is not being told the truth.
“I have to watch him carefully because he could break it again because he’s in the healing process,” Martinez said.
She said the injury will take six months to fully heal.
There is no timeline on the state’s investigation.