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And today's THEME DAY is a *very special* theme...HELP RAISE AWARENESS FOR SBS & BABY KALEB!!

Thu, 06/14/2007 - 5:28am by thedrywallgirl
3,482 Views - 96 comments

For tomorrow's theme myself and t0xxic ask that you please help bring awareness for SBS (Shaken Baby Syndrome) and little baby Kaleb. Some of you may have heard the story already but for those of you who have not please read the original story below. I also put up all of the different pictures of baby Kaleb we have so *PLEASE JOIN US BY CHANGING YOUR AVATAR PIC TO ONE OF THEM*. I also posted links where you can get more info and a link where you can send donations to help baby Kaleb. Kaleb's parents, t0xx and myself also ask for your much needed prayers at this time. We CAN make a difference!!

Star www.myspace.com/kristyreynolds (thats the momma, she does updates every day)

Star www.myspace.com/helpkaleb (the page where you can make a donation and find out other info too)



Here is the original bulletin:
Like any responsible parents, Kristy and Josh Schwade wanted what was best for their only child, Kaleb. They did a background check on their day care worker, and even interviewed her in her home for two hours. Kristy was even willing to drive 20 miles out of her way to provide, what they thought to have been, "optimum" care in a good neighborhood.

On May 9th, 2007 their worst nightmare was brought to fruition. After being in the care of this home day care worker only five times, Kaleb was picked up by his grandmother and aunt. They noticed that he was lethargic and experiencing obvious breathing abnormalities. The caregiver told them he was ill, but Kaleb had just visited the doctors the day before and was given a "clean bill of health". When Kristy arrived at her mother's home to pick Kaleb up, she described him as "having no life in his body". She tried repeatedly to wake him, but with no avail. She and her father got in the car and rushed to the hospital. While in the vehicle, Kristy lifted Kaleb's little eyelids. She noticed that his pupils were different sizes. Being the wife of an EMT, she knew immediately that this was the sign of a head injury- Kaleb needed IMMEDIATE care. They stopped at the nearest fire station. The ambulance took him to the nearest hospital, and he was classified as a "trauma alert". He was then life-flighted to Tampa General Hospital, and was admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). He was diagnosed as having Shaken Baby Syndrome. They also discovered that he had been SMOTHERED!

Kristy is not currently working, and she and Josh spend every possible moment by their young son's side. Medical bills, cost of gas, lawyer fees (I assume they will begin building), and general living expenses are mounting.

When something happens to your child, your world STOPS. Suddenly it doesn't matter that your "roots" are growing out and you are getting split ends. It doesn't matter that your neighbor is parking his dumpy car in your parking spot. You no longer care that someone cut you off on the highway, or that someone jumps in front of you in line at the grocery store. Nothing else matters but your child.

Kaleb is their world. The doctors. The PICU. It's all that matters now.

This family is not asking for anything other than your prayers. However- PLEASE, in addition to PRAYING for this family, PLEASE consider supporting them financially. Whether you can give $1 or $10,000- no gift is too small or too large. You can ONLY be blessed by giving.

This situation has become widespread because a friend of Kristy's decided to forward her bulletin asking people to pray for the family. PLEASE support them by spreading the word about this page. The more people who are aware, the more people who have the opportunity to bless this family.

Thank you for viewing this page, and for supporting Kaleb and his family.

Oh, and many of you have been concerned whether or not the sitter has been charged. YES charges have been pressed, but she is currently out of jail on a $5,000 bond. Jawdropping! Angry Mob Jawdropping!

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Please remember that the National Prayer Vigil is tomorrow evening (June 14th) from 8-9pm! PLEASE help us show the Schwade family our support through prayer during this time. Please know that you can organize something as simple as inviting your neighbors over to your backyard with lawn chairs or it can be as big as inviting your whole town to your local church. Please feel free to make fliers to invite as many people as possible- there's POWER in numbers! "Where two or three are gathered, I am there, too." Matthew 18:20
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Below is Kristy's original bulletin posted shortly after the incident.

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Hello everyone...

I write you this message in grief in faith.

My son Kaleb was rushed by ambulance to the emergency room on Wed. after we picked him up from the babysitters house. At UCH they determined that Kaleb had a SubDural Hematoma (His brain is bleeding). He then was Bayflighted (helicopter) to Tampa General Hospitals Pediatric Intensive Care Unit on a Trauma Alert.

Doctors determined that Kaleb was shaken while at the home care he goes to. He is suffering from Shaking Baby Syndrome.

When we first arrived at the hospital they put a pressure gage into his head to monitor the Intercranial Pressure (The pressure that the brain is under due to swelling and Bleeding). He wasn't doing too well all day yesterday, his pressure in his head was ranging between 29-40 and the normal pressure is between 5-20. So doctors decided that the best thing to do was to put a tube into his brain to drain spinal fluid from his ventricle. This procedure was a success and brought the pressure down.

Today however, they did a Cat Scan and saw that Kaleb is now suffering from a stroke and has formed a new bleed in the brain.

I believe in Miracles! I believe that prayer works. I am asking you, all of my friends, whether you know me well or not to PLEASE pray for my little boy Kaleb. He needs a miracle and we need your help!

I know some of you may not believe in God... But he exists! And he's already performed one miracle. Please I ask you, I beg you, to Pray for my little boy and my family. He is my everything.

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  • 1

    This is such a horrible tragedy. How anyone could even THINK about doing something like this to a child, let alone actually DOING it is way beyond me. Children, especially babies, look up to adults for guidance and care and when something like this happens, from a person that was assumed to be trusted, it is such an incredible disappointment. I will pray that Kaleb makes it throught this ordeal to lead a happy and healthy life, and I will pray that his parents have the strength to make it through this tragic times in their life.
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  • 3

    I know Ash, this is an unthinkable outrage. It saddens me that things like this happen to innocent children every day. Sad Myself and t0xx are gonna help in anyway we can. I hope that this blog, our avatar pictures and all of our prayers will help raise even more awareness and give Kaleb his miracle.

    I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF POPSUGAR SUPPORT KALEB BY CHANGING THEIR AVATARS TO A PICTURE OF HIM & RAISING AWARENESS...

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    Where's my cake??? Laughing out loud

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  • 4

    hey deege this is a great idea. maybe you should change the blog to public so that more people can see it and maybe it will reach more people in general.

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  • 5

    I am so damn horrified and angry right now i can't even think straight and i'm actually sitting here with tears rolling down my face crying over this.Somebody should do to that piece of sh*t babysitter what she has done to this precious baby and see how she likes it. She's real lucky it wasn't me or my hubby or that sick b*tch would be scraping what's left of her face off the f#*king sidewalk. All my thoughts and prayers are with this family and especially sweet little Kaleb for a speedy recovery and anyway i can help i'll do it without hesitation.

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  • 7

    Good idea Pink!! I think I'm gonna leave it PRIVATE til I get off of work before I change it to PUBLIC though. Smiling

    Rubes, I know, that demented b*tch is truly sick. Angry Mob

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    I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF POPSUGAR SUPPORT BABY KALEB BY CHANGING THEIR AVATARS TO A PICTURE OF HIM & RAISING AWARENESS FOR SBS (SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME)...

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  • 8

    oh, that is sooo sad. Definitely will participate. There's a special place in Hell for people who hurt babies/children. They offer nothing but unconditional love, and I just don't understand how people can be so cruel to them.

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  • 10

    Have ya'll watched the video? Layla posted it a while back, I cried through the whole thing. It's truly horrendous and I hate that babysitter with a passion. I just can't even image what type of person she is to actually be able to do this to a child Angry Mob

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  • 11

    Yeah - I didn't make it all the way through the video Layla posted. I couldn't. There are no words for something like this.

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  • 13

    I didn't know Cammy had a video about it! I will ask her to post it here too!! BRB...

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    I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF POPSUGAR SUPPORT BABY KALEB BY CHANGING THEIR AVATARS TO A PICTURE OF HIM & RAISING AWARENESS FOR SBS (SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME)...

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  • 14

    Great idea t0x and DWG; I will try to find a new avy for tomorrow. Each and every time I read this story it breaks my heart more and more and brings tears to my eyes. I will continue to pray for Kaleb and his family and that he makes a full recovery.

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  • 15

    Reading the story makes me sick to my stomach! And I can't believe she got out on 5,000 bail. Thank goodness Kaleb is alive.
    Can I create my own avey that supports Kaleb?

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  • 16

    Of course DC!! Everyone here is welcome to use any of the pix I posted or find and put up their own! Smiling

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    I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF POPSUGAR SUPPORT BABY KALEB BY CHANGING THEIR AVATARS TO A PICTURE OF HIM & RAISING AWARENESS FOR SBS (SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME)...

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  • 17

    Thanx Cammy for the new pix!! Smiling

    DC, I hope you don't mind, I Love your avatar pic so much that I added it to the blog's pictures. Smiling

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    I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF POPSUGAR SUPPORT BABY KALEB BY CHANGING THEIR AVATARS TO A PICTURE OF HIM & RAISING AWARENESS FOR SBS (SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME)...

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  • 20

    Thanx Chris! And look we is avie twins, lol! Eye-wink

    Pink, your avie makes me wanna
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    I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF POPSUGAR SUPPORT BABY KALEB BY CHANGING THEIR AVATARS TO A PICTURE OF HIM & RAISING AWARENESS FOR SBS (SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME)...

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  • 21

    awwwww lol im going to ask pop to do a sugarshout out for this blog so make it public as soon as you can the more people that know the more people will tell others and the more chance people that are able to help will.

    2 years 3 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 22

    I don't mind at all DWG. The pictures on the myspace page made me tear up. I hope that a lot of good comes out of his situation.

    2 years 3 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 23

    Okie doke, I made it public Chris! Eye-wink

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    I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF POPSUGAR SUPPORT BABY KALEB BY CHANGING THEIR AVATARS TO A PICTURE OF HIM & RAISING AWARENESS FOR SBS (SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME)...

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  • 25

    I cannot stress this enough!
    National Prayer Vigil is tonight (June 14th) from 8-9pm!
    PLEASE help us show the Schwade family our support through prayer during this time. Please know that you can organize something as simple as inviting your neighbors over to your backyard with lawn chairs or it can be as big as inviting your whole town to your local church. Please feel free to make flyers to invite as many people as possible.

    SPREAD THE WORD!!

    2 years 3 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 26

    I saw this on CNN this morning! it is sooo awful! I can't even imagine what the family is going through

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  • 27

    i can't watch the video since i'm at work but this was a very sad story to read. my thoughts and prayers go out to baby kaleb and his family and all those who have suffered and suffer from SBS.

    2 years 3 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 28

    How awful! How anyone can hurt a helpless, innocent baby is beyond me. I can't imagine what Kaleb's parents must be going through! They will definitely be in my thoughts and prayers!

    2 years 3 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 29

    This is so sad. I didn't know about him.
    I'm going to change my avatar now.

    2 years 3 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 30

    This is so sad. I'll never understand why people hurt poor little babies, makes me sick.

    2 years 3 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 31

    This is soooo awful...I can't comprehend how a person could do such a thing! It's disgusting! I'm about to change my avy as we speak. Kaleb and his family will certainly be in my thoughts and prayers.

    2 years 3 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 33

    WTF is wrong with people? How could anyone pick up a child and shake him so hard as to cause this kind of injury? God bless this family & sweet little Kaleb.

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  • 35

    That video made me tear up. We're praying for you t0x!

    'When in doubt, wear red.' -- Bill Blass

    2 years 3 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 36

    I finally got up the video thanx to Layla! Check it out if you haven't already!

    Thanx Cammy.

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    I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF POPSUGAR SUPPORT BABY KALEB BY CHANGING THEIR AVATARS TO A PICTURE OF HIM & RAISING AWARENESS FOR SBS (SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME)...

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  • 37

    From 8:00-9:00pm is when everyone will be praying for baby Kaleb so please take just a moment out of your life if you can to

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    I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF POPSUGAR SUPPORT BABY KALEB BY CHANGING THEIR AVATARS TO A PICTURE OF HIM & RAISING AWARENESS FOR SBS (SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME)...

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  • 38

    Again thanks to everyone who is changing there avs and continueing to spread the word. I truly believe that prayer is the most strongest medicine. And even if you dont believe the same theres nothing wrong with thinking a few good thought for this innocent little baby

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  • 43

    Shy, click the 1st link at the top of this blog and it will take you to the mom's myspace where you will see her blogs to the left of the screen and just click the top or latest blog for an update! Smiling

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    I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF POPSUGAR SUPPORT BABY KALEB BY CHANGING THEIR AVATARS TO A PICTURE OF HIM & RAISING AWARENESS FOR SBS (SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME)...

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  • 44

    Thank you DWG. How terrible, even with all the medical care that Kaleb's having it is not even sure he will be able to see again. I just cannot get through my head that a seemingly normal person can do that to the most vulnerable of creatures: a baby!
    Some ppl should just be forbidden to ever be in contact with children, monsters!

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  • 46

    YOU CAN WASTE YOUR LIFE DRAWING LINES OR YOU CAN LIVE YOUR LIFE CROSSING THEM

    I will spread the word, and keep Kaleb, and his family in prayer. It makes my heart ache to see the video, as a mother it kills me.

    2 years 3 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 47

    Wow. This is heart-wrenching and horrifying at the same time. Baby Kaleb will certainly be in my on-going prayers.

    Thanks to t0x and Deej for making me aware.

    2 years 3 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 48

    THANK YOU again to all who are praying for Kaleb and for your on going support!!! all around! Smiling

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    I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF POPSUGAR SUPPORT BABY KALEB BY CHANGING THEIR AVATARS TO A PICTURE OF HIM & RAISING AWARENESS FOR SBS (SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME)...

    2 years 3 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 49

    i would love to share my support! PRAYERS....PRAYERS...PRAYERS
    good luck and keep fighting Kaleb and Family!

    2 years 3 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 50

    It's always so scary when a baby's hurt... they're so helpless... I hope he recovers, and FAST!!! Get better, Baby Kaleb!!!

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