TESTIMONY. “Our 3 year old son died suddenly while watching cartoons”

Theo Emm’s devastated parents fire the alarm bell on the danger of this “silent killer“. Theo Emm, aged three, did not present no symptoms before dying suddenly at his home in Westbury, Wiltshire, on Saturday February 18, 2023. The Sun reports that the little boy had contracted Streptococcus A, a disease affecting more and more children. Height of the situation, Theo Emm had just had a little brother a few days before his death.

Billy and Jody, Theo’s parents were so devastated that they left Billy’s brother Chris, care to alert the public about this disease can kill suddenly. “Usually they would be willing to talk, but they didn’t feel not able to do it“, said Chris, before adding: “They told me that they want more than anything to raise awareness and not let people think this is a story to have pity on them“. Streptococcus A in children is often referred to as “silent killer“. Moreover, it is very rare thata child dies.

3-year-old boy suffers cardiac arrest

According to Theo’s parents, the day before he died he was “a little lethargic“, but seemed in a good mood when going to bed. On Saturday morning, without showing any alarming symptoms, Theo, 3, collapsed in front of his cartoons. “When he woke up on Saturday morning, he wanted to watch cartoons on television and we took him downstairs“, says his uncle Chris. While Billy and Jody, Theo’s parents, were on the phone to call 111, Theo collapsed due tocardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation that lasted about half an hour did not not enough to bring the little boy back.