DENVER -- The mother who abandoned her two young boys at a Thornton gas station on Saturday is out of the hospital and talking about what happened.
For the last three days Sarah Hatfield underwent tests at Denver Health looking for answers. Her doctors believe she suffered from a medical condition called transient global amnesia and that's why she abandoned her two boys.
Hatfield says out of everything that happened to her in the last few days, she misses seeing her five and two-year-old sons the most. Her youngest especially is close to her.
"He's mamma's little boy. Jamie, my older one, all he says is "mommy you lost me." It's all he knows is mommy you lost me," said Sarah Hatfield, the mother accused of abandoning her sons.
The 25-year old mother said she feels guilty that she put her children in a dangerous situation, but she said she didn't intentionally abandon them.
"I feel horrible about it. I love it them," said Hatfield.
Police said she parked her van at this gas station in Thornton and left her two boys strapped in their car seats and just walked away. No one knew where Hatfield went until she called her husband about 11 hours later from National Jewish Hospital, which is about 12 miles away.
"It's dark and I am walking down the street and I had no idea where I am, I don't know what's going on, I don't know what happened, I don't know where the kids are. I don't know what's going on," Hatfield said.
Yet, Thornton police officers said at the time Hatfield was found she didn't seem confused at all, which is why they arrested the mother and charged her with child abuse.
Hatfield's husband, however, said he knew there was something wrong.
He bailed his wife out late Saturday night and checked her into Denver Health. After three days of medical tests doctors have concluded that Hatfield suffered from transient global amnesia.
Doctors we talked with at Lutheran Hospital described this amnesia as rate and short term lasting from 12-24 hours.
"It's an odd condition where patients can function normally. They can actually drive cars, do complex tasks such as clean their house or go to the grocery store, but the odd thing is that they are unable to remember short term information," said Dr. Nathan Watkins at Lutheran Hospital.
For Sarah, it's all she can think about, trying to remember and at the same time she's grateful her young boys are safe.
Hatfield is working with Thornton police to try and get her child abuse charges dropped.
Ultimately it will be up to the district attorney's office to make that decision.
For the last three days Sarah Hatfield underwent tests at Denver Health looking for answers. Her doctors believe she suffered from a medical condition called transient global amnesia and that's why she abandoned her two boys.
Hatfield says out of everything that happened to her in the last few days, she misses seeing her five and two-year-old sons the most. Her youngest especially is close to her.
"He's mamma's little boy. Jamie, my older one, all he says is "mommy you lost me." It's all he knows is mommy you lost me," said Sarah Hatfield, the mother accused of abandoning her sons.
The 25-year old mother said she feels guilty that she put her children in a dangerous situation, but she said she didn't intentionally abandon them.
"I feel horrible about it. I love it them," said Hatfield.
Police said she parked her van at this gas station in Thornton and left her two boys strapped in their car seats and just walked away. No one knew where Hatfield went until she called her husband about 11 hours later from National Jewish Hospital, which is about 12 miles away.
"It's dark and I am walking down the street and I had no idea where I am, I don't know what's going on, I don't know what happened, I don't know where the kids are. I don't know what's going on," Hatfield said.
Yet, Thornton police officers said at the time Hatfield was found she didn't seem confused at all, which is why they arrested the mother and charged her with child abuse.
Hatfield's husband, however, said he knew there was something wrong.
He bailed his wife out late Saturday night and checked her into Denver Health. After three days of medical tests doctors have concluded that Hatfield suffered from transient global amnesia.
Doctors we talked with at Lutheran Hospital described this amnesia as rate and short term lasting from 12-24 hours.
"It's an odd condition where patients can function normally. They can actually drive cars, do complex tasks such as clean their house or go to the grocery store, but the odd thing is that they are unable to remember short term information," said Dr. Nathan Watkins at Lutheran Hospital.
For Sarah, it's all she can think about, trying to remember and at the same time she's grateful her young boys are safe.
Hatfield is working with Thornton police to try and get her child abuse charges dropped.
Ultimately it will be up to the district attorney's office to make that decision.
