Removing him from care removed the arrangement she had relied upon, even while it addressed the danger under review.

That practical loss did not make the earlier arrangement safe.

It did need a practical answer.

The county worker arranged the transportation assistance available for the medical appointments and recorded what remained unresolved about work.

The mother called her supervisor herself and requested the leave that could actually be granted.

Nobody wrote a plan assuming she could attend every meeting, work every shift, and collect Mia from every visit at once.

“I can’t lose the job,” she said.