A Colorado family is facing the unimaginable as they prepare to say goodbye to their one-year-old son, Alastor, who is set to be taken off life support on Friday after a sudden and devastating illness.
His parents, Eric Ryan and Maegan Coffin, say their once happy, energetic baby became critically ill earlier this year after developing the flu and croup.
”On January 9th, my one and a half year old son, Alastor, woke up congested and struggling to breathe,” Maegan shared.
But what began as a routine hospital visit quickly turned into every parent’s worst nightmare.
The couple first took Alastor to an emergency department in Northglenn, near Denver, on January 9. He was diagnosed and sent home with medication, but when his condition failed to improve, they rushed him back.
“After they did the X-ray, he stopped breathing,” Coffin recalled in an interview with KDVR Denver.
Doctors attempted to intubate him before transferring him by ambulance to another hospital. His mother believes there may have been a prolonged period where he was without oxygen — something that may have caused irreversible damage.
Over the weekend, Ryan shared the heartbreaking update that their son had effectively been declared brain dead.
“It took me a while to be able to even write this,” he said. “We always understood how severe his situation was but we would never give up hope on him.”
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