A 5-year-old boy dies after swallowing a thumbtack

Kyle Lewisa boy who had just turned 5 years, has passed away in the arms of her parents in the UK after swallowing a thumbtack. The event took place a month ago, on October 28, when little Kyle, who had celebrated his fifth birthday six days earlier, swallowed a thumbtack.

The little boy had to be revived four times in a leeds hospitalin the county of Yorkshire, northern england, but despite the efforts of the doctors, he died three days later due to injuries caused by cardiorespiratory arrest. The child was between 90 and 95% of the brain damagedaccording to publishes the British newspaper ‘The Star’.

“Broken” in pain

After multiple seizures and a rise in temperature, he died in the arms of his parents, Emma and Mark Lewis, who are “broken” in pain.

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“‘I can’t even explain how I feel. I’m broken beyond words. It doesn’t seem true. I don’t want it to be true. They kept him on life support until we were ready to say goodbye,” she told the newspaper. “But you’re never prepared for something like that,” he adds.

Family friends created the last day 4 a website to raise funds for Kyle’s funeral. “No father should have to bury his son and struggle to find the money to do it at the same time,” reads the text that accompanies the petition, which 24 days after its creation had 2,595 pounds sterling raised (almost 3,000 euros).

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