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Amber Brewington, 21, poisoned her four month old infant son. She repeatably injected salt water into his feeding tube at the hospital. She claimed, they were attempts to hasten the death of a suffering child, authorities said Wednesday.She also said she had injected him five or six times and she was suffering from postpartum depression.Noah King is in critical condition with sodium poisoning at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. The police believe his problems were mainly caused by his mother. A hospital worker called the police after a nurse reported seeing the mother disconnect the baby feeding tube.  Having to much sodium can cause neurological problems and, at its most severe, can cause death. She is also charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child. She is held on $50,000 bail.

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