Her boys had been running around “being crazy kids” and when her husband woke up on January 9, she decided to go have a shower after a busy morning preparing.
Ms Rutherford said all of a sudden she heard her family screaming downstairs that something was wrong with her four-year-old son Axel.READ MORE: Ayla Rutherford was having a shower when she heard her family screaming. Picture: Kennedy News and MediaHer youngest son was choking and her husband was doing the Heimlich manoeuvre. Picture: Kennedy News and MediaThe US mum said she watched as her little boy went limp before paramedics arrived and rushed him to hospital.“When finally around 4pm the doctor told us they found out Axel aspirated a tack. A thumb tack. Ones you hang pictures on the wall or posters.
“And it had punctured his right lung and blocked the other. They told us because he was without oxygen for more than 20 minutes that he would be brain dead.”Source:SuppliedSource:Supplied The family’s prayers were answered in hospital when, after the third day and as they were preparing to say goodbye, Axel twitched and tried to gasp for air.“I thank god for the extra days to be with him even though he couldn’t do anything.”“Our baby was gone he was only breathing because of life support,” she said.Axel died in hospital a week later after being declared brain dead.
His poor brother
Heart breaking read. So sad
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