A man beat a two-year-old boy so severely, he's now in a vegetative state unable to feel anything other than pain.
Adam Thomas, 28, was issued two back-to-back life sentences in February, for abusing Thomas Sullivan and his sister Amery, 3, last summer.
He had been dating the childrens' mother, Denis Rae Watson, 26, when the horrifying abuse began at her Texas home.
Little Thomas Sullivan was rushed to the intensive care unit of the Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston last September, suffering a severe head trauma, a lacerated liver, multiple fractures and burns.
He is now in a vegetative state and will suffer permanent mental and physical disabilities as a result of the abuse, doctors say.
Thomas Sullivan (pictured) is now in a vegetative state and will suffer permanent mental and physical disabilities as a result of the abuse, doctors say
Adam Thomas (left), 28, was issued two back-to-back life sentences in February, for abusing Thomas Sullivan and his sister Amery, 3, last summer. Denise Watson (right) pleaded guilty for failing to seek care for her two children, and was handed a 20 year sentence on March 7
'He's only responsive to pain,' the toddler's aunt, Sarah Sullivan, told the Courier.
'[Thomas] breathes on his own, and then he stops. He’s not doing well. He’s going to live, but they said we need to prepare for him to be in this state for the rest of his life.'
The tot's sister, Amery, also suffered horrific injuries to her stomach, and a series of fractures to her pelvis and ribs.
Sullivan revealed that Amery had to undergo kidney surgery to repair her organs after Thomas repeatedly kicked her in the stomach, the Metro reported.
'As many of you know, my niece and nephew were brutally beaten...and I love them more than life itself,' Sullivan wrote in a heartfelt post on GoFundMe, set up to help cover the costs of
