“While in the hospital I was [racking] my brain on how in the world I could bring in some money and pay our incoming medical bills while staying home with a medically complex child.”
That’s how Mallory Rose described the first few weeks with her newborn daughter, who was eventually, after multiple hospitalizations, diagnosed with a serious infection known as staph scalded skin syndrome. Speaking to People, Rose admitted she turned to TikTok to post a video of her holding her daughter in the hospital, with the hope that the video could be monetized to make a dent in her six-week-old’s $31,000 medical bills.
Her monetization idea didn’t work, thanks to TikTok’s…