The 5-year-old's heartbroken mom, who found him, believes he was trying to wear the large dinosaur balloon as a costume.
A 5-year-old boy died after his sweet-natured game went horribly wrong as he tried to climb inside a dinosaur-shaped helium balloon.
Lisa Donaghey had been outside in the backyard enjoying the warm weather with her other children—sons Joe, 20, and Will, 15, as well as daughter Kaitlin, 25, who was visiting with her 8-month-old twin girls. Her oldest child, Kaitlin, rushed inside and began CPR on her little brother as the family called for an ambulance, with neighbor Amiee Morrison taking over when she was unable to continue. Donaghey said:"I must have screamed and screamed and screamed. I couldn't bear to come back in. My little boy was getting worked on. I was numb with fear and terror."
"They took the sedation off him and he deteriorated rapidly. I had the beautiful opportunity to lie in bed with him, to hum and sing in his ear and cuddle him on my chest until his little heart stopped. My little boy just went to sleep and he looked so beautiful... He was my little best friend and my little sidekick, we did everything together from morning until night."
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