Parents woke to find baby son had died beside them
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn 11-week-old baby boy died while sleeping between his parents. They woke up to find he was not breathing. Dom Sage discovered his son Mason Sage unresponsive and with dry blood under his eye and nose at around 6.30am on September 16, 2021.
At an inquest in Pontypridd, Wales, the 29-year-old told the court he woke his partner and Mason's mother Emily Owens as soon as he noticed there was an issue. “I then opened his mouth and started breathing through his mouth and nose but no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t get any air into him,” Mr Sage said. “It was like blowing into a wall.
The ambulance control room confirmed what I was doing was correct and they continued telling me what to do over the phone.” Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. Paramedics were called and they arrived at the house in Bridgend at 6.35am, WalesOnline reports.
One of the paramedics, Clare Bunton, told the court that it had been difficult to open the baby’s airways due to what appeared to be early rigor mortis in Mason’s jaw.
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