Ezekiel Isaiah Martin was born 02/06/2018 with his twin Christopher Martin. They were born at 28 weeks in order to survive. Because of this my son was on a G-tube feed and was on oxygen and on a list of medications and in and out of children's hospital since birth. He was intubated a lot durning his 6 month stay in the NICU and because of the damage done to his throat he could not eat or drink orally until he was 2 years old and he learned to drink liquid's from a straw. Ezekiel was in and out of the hospital for the first 2 year's because of his Chronic lung disease. Ezekiel really started to improve when he turned 2 year's old. He was off of oxygen, learning to drink orally and doing great with all of his therapies. Zeke seemed to be on his way!! Zeke was diagnosed with High Functioning Autism back in October of this year. It was a little scary but we were all ready to face it head on. Ezekiel has 3 other siblings, his twin brother, his 8 year old older brother and his 9 year old sister. When one gets sick they all get sick. Before Zeke got sick both of his brothers had a tummy bug. His older brother had it first, upset stomach and some pretty bad diarrhea to where he had to change his clothes a few times in the 3 days that he had it. There was never any fever or any other really concerning symptoms that you'd want to call the doctor about. Then about 2 week's later Zeke's twin brother was sick and seemed very lethargic and said his tummy hurt. Again there was no fever or any signs of needing medical attention. Christopher, (Zeke's twin brother), did vomit a few times but by the next day he was completely fine. A few day's after that Zeke was sick. He woke up around 11-11:30pm because he had diarrhea and needed a diaper change. It was a pretty sleepless night but diarrhea tends to do that. The next day he was up and walking around but still had diarrhea and other then the diarrhea he seemed to be normal so we naturally thought it would pass. Monday morning Zeke looked worse. His eyes had dark circles and he was less like himself. My husband went to work for about 4 hour's and in that time I had to call the ambulance for Ezekiel because he declined so rapidly and was now having breathing issue's. He was taken to a hospital 5 minutes away from our home and was going to be air lifted to children's because the hospital he was at did not have a pediatric department. I asked the paramedic if we could go to Rocky Mountain Children's Hospital and was told No, that we had to go to the nearest hospital. Within 2 hour's of being at the hospital our son was getting ready to be air lifted to Children's Hospital but his oxygen level went from saturating at 100% to 84% when they were unable to bring his oxygen level back up he was intubated a few minutes later his heart rate started to go down. They started CPR but after several attempts Ezekiel was gone. I was by his side during CPR, holding his hand almost screaming PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US ZEKE!!! My husband, Ezekiel's dad was finally able to make it to the hospital just before they stopped CPR. He begged and pleaded just as I did and held his hand and kissed his head but Zeke was gone!! How could this happen!!! Not out son!!! Our baby that fought so hard through out my pregnancy and after he was born, was now gone!!! They said his bllod sugar was over 700 and that his blood was like acid. Before he was sick with what we thought was a tummy bug he seemed to be healthly. He wasn't having any complications with any of his medical conditions. Zeke was a very outgoing amd happy boy! How could this be happening and so close to Christmas! My husband has been out of work because of the change of season and of course the pandemic. I was Ezekiel's CNA so that end's with Ezekiel's death. We struggle to make it with what we have and now everything seems so out of reach! This is the worst pain we could ever feel and the most traumatic thing to watch our baby die and not be able to do a thing about it! We had to let go and not beacuse we wanted to!!! We were able to hold him one last time and I felt as though I couldn't let him go!! I couldn't put him down!! We kissed him one last time before leaving him. It's been 3 days and every moment hurts way beyond any words can describe! Please help us in anyway you can, even if it's just a prayer!!! We have no idea how to make it past this but have to in some way!!! Nothing will ever bring our son and brother back but some help in this almost impossible time is what we really need! Thank you and God Bless!! Even if you can not help just please be kind to one another and hold those you love close. We never know when we will not come back through the door. The act of kindness from people has been very much appreciated! Thank you so much!