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David Coronado Jr. Is on Life Support

January 19, 2009 by Lizard

UPDATE 4/18/09 – According to a doctor’s testimony day before yesterday, the prognosis for little David is not as good as we would have hoped. In foster care, he does breathe on his own, but he must eat through a surgically implanted tube and is constantly at risk of choking to death on his own saliva, Dr. Matthew Cox told the court. Further, he’s neurologically very limited and does not respond to his environment. Dr. Cox thinks it is likely that little David will only live a few years.

David Coronado Sr. and Ruthy Chabolla remain in the Dallas County Jail. Results are pending on whether the teeth marks found on little David match either of his parent’s teeth.

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. [Read more...]

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