Who the hell does this?

I want to know what kind of "mother" (using the term very loosely) does this? It goes beyond scamming strangers but to make your child think he is critically ill? Most parents of children with serious, chronic medical issues struggle everyday to make their kids feel "normal". Why would someone want to make their child suffer like this? And all for $7,000.....

Michigan mom accused of shaving son's head, eyebrows to fake cancer arraigned on charges
10-01-2010 08:55 AM MST By COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press Writer
ROSEVILLE, Mich. (Associated Press) --
A Detroit-area woman who authorities say told her 12-year-old son he had leukemia, shaved his head and eyebrows, and held a church fundraiser that pulled in more than $7,000 has made a brief court appearance.
Forty-seven year-old Carol Lynn Schnuphase (SCHNOO'-fays) of Warren was arraigned Friday in Roseville, Mich. Schnuphase faces two counts of false pretenses over $1,000 and one count of second-degree child abuse.
She was held on $100,000 bond and a preliminary hearing was set for Oct. 13.
Defense lawyer Dominic Greco says bond was set too high. He says Schnuphase has no money.
Authorities say the boy didn't have leukemia, and that Schnuphase drugged the boy's applesauce with opiates to make him appear lethargic.
The child is in foster care.