A five-year-old boy who 'made folks smile every single day' drowned within the tub after struggling a seizure on New 12 months's Eve - simply weeks after the dying of his father, an inquest has heard.
Little Jayden-Jay Silvester was discovered by his grandmother within the bathtub at his residence in Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, whereas his mom Lisa Johnson was wrapping presents in one other room.
Ms Johnson desperately tried to resuscitate the boy, together with paramedics and NHS employees, however he died on the Royal Stoke College Hospital later that day.
The tragic dying got here simply 34 days after his father Jason Silvester died within the household residence on November 27 - with Jayden-Jay, or JJ, as he was affectionately recognized, usually asking the place he was and saying that he needed to see him.
In a press release, his grief-stricken mom mentioned she had taken her son and his youthful brother Oscar out searching for balloons on December 31 forward of latter's birthday on New 12 months's Day, and that they have been planning on going to the park within the afternoon.
Lisa mentioned: 'Jayden-Jay received on the couch and did not need to go to the park as a result of he felt unwell.
'His cheeks have been pink uncooked and so sizzling. Twenty minutes later my mum-in-law and sister-in-law got here.
'I requested them to take care of the youngsters whereas I wrapped presents.
'Jayden-Jay got here upstairs and requested if he may have a shower and he grabbed his head in ache.
'I went to the toilet, turned on each faucets and put some physique wash into it.. The bathtub was half full. I put him within the tub myself.
'I made positive he was OK. At this level he was sat within the tub and I requested my sister-in-law to get some Calpol and put it in Coke as Jayden-Jay would not have it in any other case.
'He solely took a sip and I used to be stunned as a result of he isn't normally allowed Coke and I assumed he would drink extra.
'I went into the bed room and continued wrapping presents.
'Between 5 and 10 minutes later I shouted Jayden-Jay to ask if he was OK and he mentioned he was.
'I solely had one current left to wrap however I would run out of paper. His grandmother got here as much as deliver the wrapping paper and I requested her to examine on Jayden-Jay.
'I heard her scream and I bumped into the toilet, she pulled him from the bathtub and I began CPR and chest compressions.'
After calling 999, an operator talked Lisa by way of CPR till paramedics arrived and Jayden-Jay was taken to hospital the place he was confirmed useless at 5.20pm.
The inquest heard Newstead Main Academy pupil Jayden-Jay had been born at simply 24-weeks-old and spent 101 days on a neonatal unit. He remained on oxygen for 18 months and had a historical past of seizures.
In her assertion, Lisa praised his faculty.
She mentioned: 'The academics have been extraordinarily supportive, they'd a great relationship and provided him one to 1 help.
'He was actually approaching together with his work and so they allowed him to work in his personal manner and actually inspired him.
'He at all times did his finest and went past expectations.'
A autopsy was carried out on Jayden-Jay which offered a medical reason for dying as drowning secondary to seizure.
A police report learn out on the inquest said that there was no water across the tub suggesting there hadn't been a battle. It added that Jayden-Jay had the flexibility to get out of the bathtub if he wished to.
Concluding the dying was on account of pure causes, space coroner for Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Emma Serrano, mentioned: 'On the steadiness of chances he had a seizure while within the tub and that induced him to go beneath the water and go away.
'He had a historical past of seizures when he was youthful and had a temperature.
'Sadly as a result of he had a seizure while within the tub, he went within the water and he drowned.'
Ms Johnson beforehand mentioned her little boy can be 'missed and endlessly in everyone's ideas.'
In a press release to StokeonTrentLive, she added: 'Jayden-Jay (JJ) handed away on December 31. He was a really loving brother to Oscar, a loving son to Lisa, and a loving son to Jason who sadly handed away on November 27.
'JJ attended Newstead Main Academy and so they have been his second household who love and miss him alongside together with his faculty buddies who JJ made smile on a regular basis.
'JJ can be sadly missed and endlessly in everyone's ideas.'
