Shaken Baby Syndrome of Virginia, Inc.
305 Manteo Avenue ◊ Hampton VA 23661
Voice: 757-722-6011 ◊ Fax: 757-722-4294
Email: jared@shakenbabyva.com
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Juliana Thaxton
April 13, 2010
From WDBJ7.com
“Campbell County mother on a mission to educate parents about child abuse”
A Campbell County mother is trying to raise awareness about child abuse. She says her daughter is now blind and paralyzed because of injuries from a babysitter.
Juliana Thaxton suffers from what’s known as Shaken Baby Syndrome.
“She’s blind. She can’t walk anymore. She can’t hold her head up. She can’t eat on her own,” said Joleen Thaxton, Juliana’s mother.
In January, Thaxton says her daughter was healthy and normal. But a few days later, everything changed.
“I got a call from the babysitter’s husband saying that I had to get to their house quickly, that my daughter wasn’t breathing and was not responding,” said Thaxton.
Juliana was taken to UVA, where doctors discovered a severe brain injury.
“It was at UVA, after they did an MRI, that we learned about Shaken Baby Syndrome,” said Thaxton.
Thaxton believes it was her daughter’s caretaker, someone she trusted, who not only shook her child, but caused an injury so devastating, her daughter may not live past the age of 10.
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Here at Shaken Baby Syndrome of Virginia, Inc., our initiative is to reach out to the community through education and awareness of SBS. Our trainers conduct seminars of all sizes in order to provide parents with valuable information on what to do when a baby cries, as well as the consequences of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS). We are an organization inspired by the co-founders' journey with their grandson, Jared Nicolas. Jared suffered severe brain damage at just six weeks of age and fought for his life until his tragic death on December 11, 2009.
