Mom’s tragic warning after son, 8, dies from balloon on birthday

“He was a little boy in his room playing, and tragically it had fatal consequences,” he added, saying a child’s death is a “parent’s worst nightmare.”

‘Stick with air-filled balloons’

Days after the tragic death of her little boy, Carly took to social media calling for a ban on helium-filled balloons.

“There is no cure for a broken heart or the pain of losing your child. Please trust me when I say do not buy your children helium balloons,” she wrote in a Facebook post, per the Daily Mail. “Every day since, I’ve hated myself for buying that balloon that took our boy, and I would never want another child or family to go through this hell! Stick with air filled balloons.”

“Hand on my heart, I would never want another child to lose their life, another family to feel what we feel every single day”

Carly hopes that Joshua’s devastating loss will not be in vain, and she isContinue reading…