Treatment focus of trial in infant’s death

Treatment focus of trial in infant’s death
By Allison Batdorff, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, January 13, 2008

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Kylie Delgado was a “code” — no breathing, no pulse — when the 2-month-old baby arrived at Misawa Air Base’s emergency room in the early morning of July 15, 2006.

Her medical treatment — leading up to the point when the baby was disconnected from life support two days later — was the focus Friday of the third day of Seaman Recruit Jonathan Delgado’s court-martial at Yokosuka Naval Base.

The Misawa sailor is charged with killing his daughter by shaking her to death in his family’s Misawa Air Base apartment. Delgado’s defense contends Kylie died of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, and that Delgado woke up and found the baby unresponsive beside him.

At the time, Kylie’s mother, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michelle Delgado, was working a night shift at Misawa’s Naval Information Operations Command, where both sailors were employed.

When a seemingly healthy, thriving baby suddenly stops breathing, doctors have questions, said pediatrician Dr. Joseph Johnsonwall, one of six medical personnel who took the stand Friday.


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But isn't that the definition of SIDS. When a seemingly healthy, thriving baby suddenly stops breathing.