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This weekend, as police pulled Lisa Gibson's body from the Red River on Saturday - in the wake of two- year- old Anna and Nicholas, just three months old, being drowned in the bathtub of the family's Westwood home - Cadorath was struggling to come to grips with two conflicting realities: Lisa Gibson was one of the best mothers she ever knew; and Lisa Gibson probably killed her children. Since the tragedy unfolded this week, Cadorath was drawn to Gibson's home, where among a soft, fuzzy mound of stuffed animals left in memory of the lost children, she left the Halloween picture of Anna as a duckling, along with her own two children. " I'm absolutely just shocked," Cadorath said. " I loved them. Lisa, I don't know if I've ever seen such a together person. She was such a good, involved mom. She just wanted the absolute best for Anna. " It's hard. At first it's just so surreal. But as it goes on you keep getting more memories... it's very sad. I have nothing but very good things to say about that family." Cadorath got to know Lisa well, since it was mom who dropped off and picked up Anna the most often. Cadorath also interviewed Lisa and husband Brian prior to accepting Anna for full- time care last June. In fact, few people would have known about Lisa's interaction with Anna ( outside of her own family) more intimately than the daycare operator. " She always put Anna first," Cadorath noted. " If she was off a day, she was spending that entire day with Anna. If she was off early, she was running to come get Anna. She read to her a lot. Anna was very smart. " Just a very involved mom. You could tell she really wanted the best for her ( Anna)." Cadorath described Anna as " adorable. Funny. Such a little sweetheart, such a character. With her curly little blond hair." She called the parents as " a really good couple. Very happy, polite, kind people." So how does Cadorath now compute those two emerging realities? First, Cadorath said whatever illness that affected Gibson - who the Free Press learned was recently diagnosed with postpartum mental difficulties - happened after the birth of Nicholas. " I think there's a lack of understanding," she said. " Clearly, she was sick. I'm just realizing now that she went for help, she was reaching out. Knowing Lisa... it's humbled me, because I understand this mental illness is real. She's not a monster, she's not a horrible mom. And she just got sick, just like anybody else gets sick with cancer or anything else." Cadorath conceded she once was quick to judge cases where mothers killed their children. " When I used to hear about cases from all over the world about similar things happening with mothers doing this my initial thought was, ' That's horrible. How can you do something like this? What kind of person does that?'" she said. " But just knowing Lisa and seeing her every single day and having such clear memories about her and how put together that entire family was... it's just shocking. It makes you understand this is a sickness. " It really upsets me when I've heard people saying all these horrible things about her... I maybe would have thought the same thing a few years back. It shows me you can't judge. You don't know what's going on. She was sick and she needed help. " My heart is just broken for Brian and her mom and everyone who's been involved." One of the last times Cadorath saw Lisa, the pregnant mother was glowing. She was in the midst of painting the new baby's room. Cadorath said she remembers thinking, " She was unbelievable. She was amazing. I envied her." randy. turner@ freepress. mb. ca MANITOBA'S health minister says a preliminary review of Lisa Gibson's contact with the health- care system indicates normal protocols were followed in her care. Theresa Oswald said in an interview Monday the results of the review by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority ( WRHA) will be sent to the chief medical examiner's office. " Our priority right now is looking at what happened in this case and all of that review material will go to the proper authorities," she said. " We'll provide that information so there can be as fulsome as possible an understanding of what happened here." Oswald said she cannot provide specific information about the case. " But I can say that in the early assessment, it doesn't appear that there was any deviation from those standard supports ( for women with symptoms of postpartum depression) in this case." Heidi Graham, a spokeswoman for the WRHA, said Monday the results of the review will not be made public. " At this point, the family has asked that its privacy be respected," she said, " so we would not be releasing personal health information." Graham could not say when the review may be completed. Chief Medical Examiner Thambirajah Balachandra could not be reached on Monday, but the province's Fatality Inquiries Act suggests an investigation is likely. Balachandra must investigate any deaths that happen as a result of homicide or suicide, and any deaths during or after a pregnancy. An investigation is also mandatory when a child dies. The medical examiner can then direct a provincial judge to hold an public inquest. Gibson's body was pulled from the Red River on Saturday. Police discovered her two- yearold daughter Anna and three- month- old son Nicholas in the bathtub of their Coleridge Park Drive home after receiving a 911 call. The children were later pronounced dead in hospital. Sources have told the Free Press that Gibson had reached out for help, seeing a doctor on July 18. She was diagnosed with a postpartum illness and given medication. Oswald said that, as a mother, she found " this whole story to be shattering." She said there are " many, many dedicated professionals" in the health- care system that are " doing a magnificent job" in assessing and treating women with postpartum depression. She said the first line of defence include midwives, general practitioners and public health nurses. The services of health nurses are offered to families when a baby is born. Most families take advantage of these services. The nurses can also act as case managers, forwarding women to specialized care. " If risk factors get identified, nurses assess the mental health of the new parents and offer some supports to them," Oswald said. Dr. Carrie Lionberg, a WRHA clinical psychologist, said there are several community based services, including support groups, available to women with postpartum depression. She said anybody who is providing or co- ordinating such services " is equipped to screen and keep an eye out for somebody who might need more specialized intervention." Lionberg did not know how long a woman with postpartum symptoms may wait to see a psychiatrist, since it is not her area. But waits to see psychologists with the hospital system can range from a few days to a month to six weeks, she said, depending on the severity of a woman's symptoms. A memorial service for Lisa Gibson and her two children will be held Thursday at MacKenzie Funeral Home, 433 Main St. in Stonewall. - with files from Mary Agnes Welch larry. kusch@ freepress. mb. ca Help for postpartum depression . A public health nurse can flag likely cases and direct family members to supports within the system. . Midwives or family doctors can also offer advice or referrals on treatment. . For more information about resources and supports, call the Women's Health Clinic Mothers Program at 204- 947- 1517. If you're thinking about harming yourself or your baby or feel you're in crisis: . Call the Mobile Crisis Service ( 24 hours) at 204- 940- 1781; . Go to the Crisis Response Centre at 817 Bannatyne Ave. ( 24 hours); Call Klinic Community Health Centre crisis line at 204- 786- 8686; . Call the Manitoba Suicide Line at 1- 877- 435- 7170 ( 24 hours); or . Call Health Links ( 24 hours) at 204- 788- 8200. - Source: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority ' She's not a monster': caregiver T ragedy in Westwood winnipegfreepress. com WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013 A3 Lisa Gibson a devoted mom, woman says By Randy Turner Protocols followed: WRHA Mother was given standard supports: Oswald By Larry Kusch PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Jenna Cadorath says Anna Gibson ( below) was ' so proud' of her duck costume last fall. A photo of Anna wearing the outfit was left at the memorial for the Gibson children. A_ 0 3_ Jul- 30- 13_ FP_ 01. indd A3 7/ 29/ 13 9: 45: 11 PM ;