Tragedy struck when a small rubber ball got lodged in Payton Gaskins throat.
The 10-year-old South Carolina boy went without oxygen for 45 minutes after accidentally choking on the toy, according to The State.
Payton was put in a medically-induced coma after his heart stopped beating for eight minutes, suffering through multiple seizures while he fought for days to hold onto his life. Sadly, the young boy died days after he was airlifted to MUSC in Charleston.
Billy and Candice Gaskins lost their son, and his little sister Morgan, had to say goodbye to her big brother.
The Graham Funeral Home obituary describes the 10-year-old boy as:
An all-American boy who loved being outdoors. He spent his free time hunting, fishing, and riding dirt…show more content… We hit our knees and prayed the hardest we have ever prayed in our lives the past 7 days.We know God is the reason for our strength and he prepared us for this these past 7 days. It took so long for the right words to come out of our mouths to tell Morgan her brother died that we had to walk out the room and try again. How do you tell your sweet innocent 6 year old that her brother will not be around to comfort her when she is scared at night, to watch late night movies with , sneaking thru the living room in the middle of the night to eat candy while mom and dad are sleeping, waking up at 7 on a Saturday to the sounds of a fourwheelers revving up in the back yard, or have the best friend she has had for the past almost 7 years . We made sure she knew she would be the number one person her brother would be watching over and protecting and she could talk to him all she wanted when she was scared and he would be up there listening hold your loved ones tight tomorrow is not
