By Chuck Hustmyre
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Dr. Siegfried told a nurse to call the Midyettes and tell them to bring Jason to an emergency room if the condition continued or got worse. If he seemed better but they were still concerned, they could bring him into her office at 3:30 that afternoon. Just three miles from the Midyette's home was Avista Hospital with a full-service, level three trauma center.
More than two hours later, Alex and Molly brought Jason into Dr. Siegfried's office. Dr. Siegfried took one look at Jason and knew he needed immediate emergency medical care. Siegfried later told police that Jason "looked awful." The soft spot at the top of his skull was bulging out, indicating brain swelling. He was grunting and kept locking his tiny body into unnatural postures, a possible symptom of central nervous system damage.
Alex and Molly said Jason had been fine the day before but had woken up that morning grunting and holding his breath. They suspected he may have had a seizure. Dr. Siegfried conferred with another doctor in her office. They decided that an ambulance would take too long, so they told the Midyettes to drive Jason to the emergency room at Boulder Community Hospital.
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| Dr. Jill Siegfried |
In a later statement to police, Dr. Siegfried said she didn't suspect abuse but was "uncomfortable" that Alex and Molly had waited so long to get Jason medical attention when "he looked so bad."
Denver Intensive Care
Later on the night of Feb. 24, while little Jason Midyette underwent emergency surgery at Children's Hospital in Denver to relieve the swelling in his brain and to stem the flow of the hemorrhage inside his head, Louisville police detectives were preparing an affidavit for a warrant to search the Midyettes' Barbara Street home.
At Children's Hospital, Louisville Officer Mike Haley and Detective Jessica Steele kept watch over Jason. After the operation, the neurosurgeon who had performed the surgery told the officers that he didn't expect Jason to live. If he did survive, the doctor said, he would in all likelihood spend the rest of his life in a coma.
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