14-month-old toddler in Texas dies after visit to the dentist

A Texas mom is demanding answers after her 14-month-old daughter died during what was supposed to be a routine trip to the dentist.

According to a statement from the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office, Daisy Lynn Torres was pronounced dead at the North Austin Medical Center Tuesday following what was supposed to be a routine procedure.

“I can’t take my baby home,” the girl’s mother, Betty Squier, told KEYE News in Texas. “I want to know what happened to my child. Why she is not here with me?”

Squier says she took her daughter to have two cavities filled at Austin Children’s Dentistry in northwest Austin Tuesday morning, and was told her daughter would have to be put under anesthesia.

“They told me it’s something they do all of the time,” Squier told KEYE News. “It’s no big deal.”

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A short time later, the situation took a dire turn as Daisy stopped breathing.

According to a statement from the medical examiner’s office, Daisy was rushed to North Austin Medical Center for emergency treatment, and passed away five hours later.

The cause of death is still being determined. An autopsy was performed Wednesday as part of that investigation.

 “We are absolutely devastated. She was our little baby girl. She was just going to the dentist and she never came home,” Daisy’s father Elizandro Torres said in a statement put out shortly after her death.

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Austin Children’s Dentistry put out a brief statement shortly after Daisy passed away Tuesday.

“We had an emergency transport of one patient to St. David’s North Austin Medical Center yesterday morning,” the statement reads. “Due to patient protection laws and for the privacy of our patients, we are not able to release any information.”

According to Texas state records published online, none of the dentists at Austin Children’s Destistry has ever had a disciplinary action filed against them.

A family friend has started a fundraising site to cover funeral expenses.