David Coronado Jr. Is on Life Support
January 19, 2009 by Lizard
David Coronado, Jr.
Dallas, TX – This past July 19, David Coronado, Sr. (MySpaceMySpace
) and Ruthy Chabolla (MySpace) celebrated the birth of David Jr. Although full-term, he weighed a mere 4 pounds, 5 ounces. He seemed to do well, however, as he appeared relatively fit at a December 1 doctor visit and weighed over 7 pounds.
Less than a month later, little David had lost several ounces and was on life support at Children’s Medical Center in a condition described in a court document as “neurologically devastated,” while his parents had been arrested for what CPS has termed “long-term, extensive physical abuse to their only infant son.” Last Monday, David Jr.’s court-appointed guardian filed a motion asking that doctors be permitted to remove the infant from life support.
Hindshight’s always 20/20, isn’t it? If you look at the photos posted in the two MySpace profiles referenced above, you’ll find quite a few pics of baby David. He has a really cute face. He has really cute clothes. He has really cute accessories. And in not a single photo is he smiling.
Let me give you a rundown on what the doctors observed when examining the 6-month-old infant:
- BrainBrain reviews and spinal cord injuries.
- Skeletal injuries. Like, 42 of them.
- Injuries to his hands and feet suggesting they had been pulled, twisted, and crushed.
- Bruises and apparent human bite marks.
- One finger appeared to have bitten to the bone; another had lost a nail to some unknown trauma.
According to the boy’s father, the chain of events that led to a trip to the hospital began on December 17th, when he noticed his son acting fussy and crying unusually in the baby swing. Coronado reported that he picked the baby up, patted him, then put him down in his crib, where he went to sleep. Several hours later, Coronado said, the baby awoke crying, so he changed and fed him, but David Jr. vomited and stopped breathing. It was at this point that Coronado and Chabolla took him to Methodist Dallas Medical Center, where staff revived him and rushed him to Children’s Medical Center. It was there that doctors discovered the boy’s many and extensive injuries.
According to Coronado Sr. and Chabolla, they did not–and would never–injure their son–at least, not intentionally, of course. To hear them tell it, though, the child has never been right, as David Jr. was prone to breathing difficulties and “blank stares.” The “bite marks” on his feet? Why, that was caused by him rubbing them together, Mommy said. The bruises up and down his sides? Those damned buttons on his onesies, Mommy asserted. She did admit that there may have been times she had bitten her son “in a playful manner” and that the boy’s father could possibly have struck his son in his sleep while dreaming of fighting. As for the 6′3″ 260-pound Coronado, he indicated it was conceivable he had picked the baby up “too hard” in the night. But again, no way would either of them ever intentionally harm the infant!
David Coronado, Sr. & Ruthy Chabolla
Police apparently are not persuaded by these arguments, as they arrested Coronado and Chabolla on December 23. They remain in Dallas County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail.
The decision regarding whether baby David will be removed from life support could be made as early as this week.
penelopejo and Special2bme are all over this in the forums.
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