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A 12-year-old Liverpool FC fan died on Christmas Day after opening his presents.
Schoolboy Cason Hallwood had enjoyed Christmas dinner at his grandparents’ house just hours before collapsing and dying.
That same day, Cason, who was excited to open his presents, had spent the morning with his mother, Louise, and three siblings, twins Cowen and Corley, 18, and Caiden, 13, at their home in Winsford, Cheshire.
Then he had dinner at his grandparents’ house before going out to the park with his friends.
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But just hours later, Louise received a phone call from Cason who said she was struggling to breathe, Cheshire Live reports.
Louise ran to Wharton Recreation Park and gave her son, who had asthma and a nut allergy, an injection of his epinephrine autoinjector to try to revive him, but when that failed, she called an ambulance.
The Winsford Academy student was rushed to Leighton Hospital in Crewe, but sadly died shortly thereafter.
His family and friends have been devastated and shocked by the sudden loss.
Sam Decruz, a family friend said: “It is very sad, losing a child is terrible, but Christmas Day is also heartbreaking.
“Cason was always with his mom, he loved his mom to pieces.
“He was very boisterous, he always broke things, Louise always had to replace things but she never did it on purpose.
“Every day on Christmas Day he broke the screen on his new phone his mother bought him, but it was a lot of fun.
“He had everyone in a fit of laughter, he was a very cheeky boy.”
Cason used to spend Christmas in the hospital because of his asthma, but this year was the first time he didn’t spend the holidays in a ward.
Sam added: “The year he doesn’t spend in the hospital and then it ends like this.
“As a parent, I cannot understand the pain that Louise and her other three children are feeling right now. It is something that no parent should have to go through.”
Doctors believe Cason suffered anaphylactic shock, but an autopsy has yet to be performed.
Sam has launched a GoFundMe page to raise money for Cason’s family and funeral.
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Within hours of setting up the page on Boxing Day, more than £ 1,000 was raised.
The total continues to rise and so far many have reached into their pockets and donated to help; the total is currently over £ 8,000.
Sam said: “I’m doing this from one mother to another, I would do it for anyone to remove that stress and worry about money, I myself have been in that situation.
“Cason was a beautiful whirlwind, and no day was the same as the next with him.
“He was the light of his family’s life, everyone adored him.”
Anyone who wants to support the family can visit the GoFundMe page here.
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