Andrea Dunlop
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In the last message sent around 1230, John says that he found medicine, notes that Nolan is resting comfortably, and shows a photo of him laying down with his eyes closed.
Here's what John told us about those messages.
But according to John's police interview, Danica didn't see the messages until hours after Nolan's seizure.
I asked John about his decision not to seek medical care when Nolan had his first seizure.
And what about his conditions in those photographs?
I mean, I can't speak obviously to stuff that I haven't seen, but I mean, I think just for me, I have a six-year-old and a three-year-old, right?
And so this is all very recent that I've had kids this age.
And I just think if my 15-month-old, or if I was taking care of any 15-month-old that was...
you know, essentially not conscious.
I mean, he doesn't, he doesn't appear to be conscious in those photos.
I would seek medical attention, you know, especially if they had a seizure like activity and they hadn't had, I mean, had you seen Nolan have a seizure before?
Cause you're a pretty regular caretaker at this point of the kids, right?
I mean, you, you can understand, you can understand my question about that, right?
I have seen these photos, and obviously I'm not a medical professional, but it's hard to square what I see looking at them with what John describes here.
Fortunately, two very experienced medical professionals that were involved in Nolan's case, the child abuse pediatrician Dr. Sally Smith and the medical examiner Dr. Russell Vega, have also seen these photos.
Here's what Dr. Smith had to say.
Larry and Danica, the other two adults who were around Nolan during this time, describe him as either asleep or fussy and lethargic after Friday morning.