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Infant injected with insulin while in baby sitter's care
By Jonathon Shacat/Herald/Review
BISBEE - A baby sitter who injected an infant with insulin last year was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison on Wednesday in Cochise County Superior Court.
Lisa Marie White, 41, pleaded guilty in an agreement in May to committing child abuse by recklessly causing the child to suffer physical injury. The presumptive term was 71/2 years, but attorneys stipulated to the slightly aggravated term of 10 years.
On Dec. 18, the 2-month-old boy was admitted to Tucson Medical Center with a nonaccidental potentially life-threatening condition.
Medical personnel discovered that the baby's body had a very high insulin level of 281, compared to a normal level of between 3 and 19, according to the pre-sentence report.
"Hospital staff stated there was no natural way for the infant's insulin level to reach that level. They said the insulin had to have been given to or injected into the baby," states the document.
White told detectives the baby had been screaming and she had just given herself an insulin injection and was still holding the needle when she picked him up. She said she accidentally stuck him and she did not mean to do it, according to the court document.
But the document also states she told police she heard voices in her head that led her to insert the needle into the baby's right rear thigh and inject him with 0.5 CCs. She said she tried to overpower the voices because she knew it was wrong, but she could not.
The baby was released from Tucson Medical Center in stable condition on Dec. 22. He will need to be monitored for his neurological development and any long-term effects of severe hypoglycemia and seizures, according to the report.
By Jonathon Shacat/Herald/Review
BISBEE - A baby sitter who injected an infant with insulin last year was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison on Wednesday in Cochise County Superior Court.
Lisa Marie White, 41, pleaded guilty in an agreement in May to committing child abuse by recklessly causing the child to suffer physical injury. The presumptive term was 71/2 years, but attorneys stipulated to the slightly aggravated term of 10 years.
On Dec. 18, the 2-month-old boy was admitted to Tucson Medical Center with a nonaccidental potentially life-threatening condition.
Medical personnel discovered that the baby's body had a very high insulin level of 281, compared to a normal level of between 3 and 19, according to the pre-sentence report.
"Hospital staff stated there was no natural way for the infant's insulin level to reach that level. They said the insulin had to have been given to or injected into the baby," states the document.
White told detectives the baby had been screaming and she had just given herself an insulin injection and was still holding the needle when she picked him up. She said she accidentally stuck him and she did not mean to do it, according to the court document.
But the document also states she told police she heard voices in her head that led her to insert the needle into the baby's right rear thigh and inject him with 0.5 CCs. She said she tried to overpower the voices because she knew it was wrong, but she could not.
The baby was released from Tucson Medical Center in stable condition on Dec. 22. He will need to be monitored for his neurological development and any long-term effects of severe hypoglycemia and seizures, according to the report.
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