R.I.P.
March 1, 2003
Christian Joseph Dubinski

Finally succumbed to respiratory failure and other complications of shaken baby syndrome at age six
He had suffered from blindness, painful seizures and cerebral palsy since his injury at four months of age

Shaken Baby Syndrome is the medical term used to describe the violent shaking and result sustained from shaking. Those injuries can include: Brain swelling and damage, subdural hemorrhage, mental retardation, and death. Shaken Baby Syndrome can occur when children are violently shaken as part of a pattern of abuse or simply because and adult has momentarily succumbed to the frustration of responding to a crying baby. Because babies have large heads and underdeveloped necks, the whiplash action created by shaking causes the brain to bounce around in the skull, often tearing blood vessels that connect the brain to the skull. This can result in brain seizures, paralysis, blindness or death. If you feel like you are losing control and have the urge to shake your baby, STOP, place your baby in a safe position, and walk away. Call someone, walk outside and take a few deep breaths, do anything to calm yourself down. Do this for your baby's sake.