A Fruitland Park father was jailed after his infant son was taken to the pediatric intensive care unit at Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital.
The baby had been transferred May 20 to the Orlando hospital from Leesburg Regional Medical Center. A tube had to be placed in the baby’s skull to drain blood that had accumulated around his brain, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. The attending physician said the baby’s injury was the “equivalent of a high-speed vehicle accident.”
The baby previously had been admitted May 7 to Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital after suddenly turning “limp and white.” The baby was released May 10.
Medical examinations indicated the child suffered “an episode of abusive head trauma” likely before the first visit to the hospital, the arrest report said.
The parents were separated and interviewed separately after the baby’s second visit to the hospital.
The baby’s father, 26-year-old Drew Oldenburg, was arrested Thursday afternoon after turning himself in at the Lake County Jail. He is a facing a felony charge of aggravated child abuse. Bond has been set at $25,000.