Parents pay heartbreaking tribute to ‘amazing’ boy, 2, who died after ‘medical episode’ at nursery

THE parents of a two-year-old lad who died aft a "medical episode" astatine a nursery person paid a heartbreaking tribute to their "amazing" son.

Jude Gerrard was rushed to infirmary aft the incidental connected January 14 and was tragically pronounced dormant soon afterwards.

The small lad had suffered a "fatal aesculapian episode" astatine Early Learners Day Nursery connected Hawthorne Road successful Bootle, Merseyside, with constabulary called to the country astatine astir 12.35pm.

His decease is presently being treated arsenic unexplained, authorities say.

Today, successful a connection shared via the police, Jude's heartbroken parents said: “This is our saccharine babe boy, Jude Gerrard. We are perfectly heartbroken and devastated beyond words by this shocking and unexpected nonaccomplishment of the emotion of our lives.

"I cognize each parents deliberation this astir their ain children, but Jude genuinely was truthful incredibly special.

"Everybody who ever met him couldn’t assistance but instantly emotion him, and helium had truthful overmuch emotion for everyone too, adjacent if he’d unreal to web you similar Spider-Man oregon wrestle you similar Hulk Hogan.

"Our lives volition ne'er beryllium the aforesaid again, helium truly was excessively bully to beryllium existent and we can’t judge helium has been taken distant from america similar this, with thing truthful preventable.

"He deserved so, truthful overmuch more. We number ourselves truthful fortunate we got to beryllium his mummy and daddy for 2 and a fractional years, adjacent though helium should person had truthful overmuch much time.

“Please respect our privateness arsenic we process and grieve this unimaginable nonaccomplishment and the constabulary proceed to analyse what happened to our amazing, beautiful, caring boy, Judie."

A origin of decease has been withheld arsenic further investigations instrumentality place.