David Sedlet
(Born: 9/18/1997  Shaken: 02/02/1998   SURVIVOR)

On February 2nd, 1998, David was shaken by his licensed day-care provider.  He was just four months old and had only been with this day-care provider for 3 weeks. David had bilateral subdural hematomas and extensive retinal hemorrhages.  He was in ICU for 3 weeks and had to undergo brain surgery to install a shunt to drain fluids that accumulated in his head due to the injury.  In our family, David is considered on of the lucky ones.  He survived and is doing well.  As a result of his injury, David has ataxic cerebral palsy, seizures, learning disabilities, left-sided hemiplegia, gross and fine motor skill delays, and he faces a lifetime of disabilities.  David is a loving and happy boy and has worked very hard his whole life to master the skills that come effortlessly to everyone else, but this has never daunted his spirit.  As he struggles each day with his learning disabilities and physically keeping up with his peers, I cannot forgive the woman that did this to him.  He is sentenced to a lifetime of disabilities because of her rage at a crying baby.