Shaken Impact Syndrome: Stop Child Abuse!

I just had a friend from myspace send me a very sad but true story that I wanted to share with my AC friends. This is about an infant boy named Kaleb only six months old who within the last month suffered abuse by his caregiver. The sitter shook this poor little baby so hard, that he is now in a coma and suffering from seizures, blindness as well as his brain shrinking and the tissue dying. Should he survive, the doctors believe he will remain in a vegetable state. This is what is medically known as SBS (Shaking Baby Syndrome). After receiving this heartbreaking news, I thought we could all offer our support through our prayers and kindness for this precious child, as well as his devastated family. I also feel the need to get the word out to as many people as possible and by any means possible, to educate people about this horrific means of child abuse! Head trauma is the leading cause of death in child abuse cases in the United States.
Please read the article below for information regarding SBS.

SBS is an inflicted head injury and trauma to the brain caused by someone vigorously shaking an infant. Because of the anatomy of infants, they are at particular risk for injury from this kind of action. The majority of incidents occur in infants who are younger than 1 year old. The average age of victims is between 3 and 8 months, although SBS is occasionally seen in children up to 4 years old.

When someone forcefully shakes a baby, the child's head rotates uncontrollably, because infants' neck muscles aren't well developed and provide little support for their heads. The violent shaking moves the infant's brain back and forth within the skull, rupturing blood vessels and nerves as well as tearing the brain tissue. The brain strikes the inside of the skull, causing bruising and bleeding to the brain.