Couple claim their sick five-month-old boy was taken away by police simply because they asked doctors for a second opinion

Anna and Alex Nikolayev had a bad experience at a Sacramento, California hospital so they took son Sammy to another area doctor

Though the first hospital was discussing heart surgery, the second OK'd the family to head home

That's where police showed up the next day and wrenched Sammy from Anna's arms

The parents of a 5-month-old were shocked when police showed up to take away their infant boy after they told a doctor they wanted a second opinion.



Caught on camera, the footage shows police entering the California home of Anna and Alex Nikolayev and asking Anna to hand over the baby.



‘I’m going to grab your baby,’ one of the several officers at the scene told Nikolayev, ‘And don’t resist and don’t fight me.’

Surprise: Anna and Alex Nikolayev wanted a second opinion after doctors at a Sacramento hospital made them too nervous to leave son Sammy (pictured) in their care

‘He grabbed my arm,’ the new mother told KXTV, ‘so I couldn't take Sammy. And they took Sammy, and they just walked away."



The saga began about two weeks ago when Sammy, who suffers from a heart murmur, began showing flu-like symptoms.



The Nikolayevs took him to Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento, California, the hospital where Sammy had been receiving regular treatment for his heart condition.

According to Anna, the couple became alarmed after a nurse came in to give the baby antibiotics.

Uncomfortable: Anna Nikolayev (left, with Alex) says the hospital made mistakes and they just weren't comfortable when doctors started discussing heart surgery

‘I asked her, “For what is that?” And she's like, “I don't know.”'



How, Anna wondered, was the woman working as a nurse but unaware of the purpose of a medication? Anna said a doctor would later tell her Sammy did not need antibiotics.

While still at Sutter, Sammy was admitted to the pediatric ICU for observation. Within a few days, doctors began discussing the possibility of heart surgery for the baby.



Motivated by fear, Anna took Sammy from the hospital without a proper discharge and admitted him to another hospital, Kaiser Permanente.

Taken: Though they got OK'd from a different hospital to take Sammy home, police let themselves in the next day and took Sammy into protective services