Infant saved by deputy’s quick response

Monday, Jan. 3, 2000 | 12:03 p.m.

The 2-month-old boy was taken to a Reno hospital and is expected to have a full recovery after being revived Saturday by Deputy Terry Wilcox.

Wilcox responded to a 911 hang-up call at the parents' house in the Toll Road-Geiger Grade area south of here.

Upon his arrival, the child was not breathing and had turned blue. Wilcox gave the baby CPR until paramedics arrived.

"The baby had been born premature and had come home from the hospital on Tuesday," sheriff's Lt. Doug Gist said. "(Wilcox) saved the baby's life."

Gist was unsure why the parents called 911 and hung up.

"I don't know what happened there," he said. "We respond and check them all. It's certainly a good thing we did in this case."

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