DAD ARRESTED AFTER POURING “RUM” IN SICK BABY’S FEEDING TUBE
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teenage father has been charged with attempted murder after pouring
liquor into his two-month-old son’s hospital feeding tube.
19 year old Cesar Ruiz, allegedly pumped Lucas with rum during his stay at Ochsner Hospital in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, which he was admitted to with breathing difficulties on October 16.
The child was undergoing treatment ahead of surgery scheduled for Wednesday when on Sunday he began having seizures. He was moved to the pediatric intensive care unit where doctors found him to have a blood alcohol level of .289, more than twice the 0.8% legal limit for driving in Louisiana.
Ruiz confessed to the crime, explaining that he acted to relieve his son’s suffering and did not intend to kill him, police said. He told officers he had taken a feeding tube from the hospital when he left to go home and shower and filled it up with rum before returning.
The baby’s mother, Erika Wigstrom, said she had noticed a bottle of Bacardi Silver Rum in the freezer on Saturday night, that had not been there a few hours later. The baby is believed to be in a stable situation.
A family friend had this to say, ‘This is a beautiful little boy. He deserves to live. Pray for him.’ Doctors said the brain doesn’t finish developing until the mid-twenties, so exposure to alcohol earlier can cause behavior and growth problems for life.
‘We don’t know what is a safe level for a child,’ Dr. Gershanik said. ‘Tinniest amount of alcohol can be deadly, so why to take a chance?’
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19 year old Cesar Ruiz, allegedly pumped Lucas with rum during his stay at Ochsner Hospital in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, which he was admitted to with breathing difficulties on October 16.
The child was undergoing treatment ahead of surgery scheduled for Wednesday when on Sunday he began having seizures. He was moved to the pediatric intensive care unit where doctors found him to have a blood alcohol level of .289, more than twice the 0.8% legal limit for driving in Louisiana.
Ruiz confessed to the crime, explaining that he acted to relieve his son’s suffering and did not intend to kill him, police said. He told officers he had taken a feeding tube from the hospital when he left to go home and shower and filled it up with rum before returning.
The baby’s mother, Erika Wigstrom, said she had noticed a bottle of Bacardi Silver Rum in the freezer on Saturday night, that had not been there a few hours later. The baby is believed to be in a stable situation.
A family friend had this to say, ‘This is a beautiful little boy. He deserves to live. Pray for him.’ Doctors said the brain doesn’t finish developing until the mid-twenties, so exposure to alcohol earlier can cause behavior and growth problems for life.
‘We don’t know what is a safe level for a child,’ Dr. Gershanik said. ‘Tinniest amount of alcohol can be deadly, so why to take a chance?’
wave3.com-Louisville News, Weather
SOURCE: WAVE
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