THE heartbroken parents of a newborn baby who tragically died said their “beautiful little boy” would always be with them.

An inquest held at Bradford Coroners’ Court heard the circumstances of Kye Levi Stones Jagger’s death.

Assistant Coroner Crispin Oliver said the young baby, who was “well cared for in a loving home by his family” was suffering from three extremely serious illnesses – sepsis, pneumonia, and whooping cough. It was a “fatal and unusual” combination which was extremely unlucky, the inquest heard.

Baby Kye, who lived with his parents in Fagley, died in 2018 but delays due to the Covid pandemic meant they had to wait until this week for the inquest.

The hearing was told Kye fell unwell on October 25, and was taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI) after his parents called 111.

After he was assessed in hospital, Kye was diagnosed with bronchiolitis and discharged home with his parents.

The inquest heard Kye seemed to be getting better, though was still not himself and on the evening of November 2 began to choke as he was fed by his mum, Sheila.

The alarm was raised with emergency services and CPR had to be carried out after Kye went limp and started to turn blue.

Paramedics arrived and Kye was rushed to the BRI. Doctors found he had severe sepsis and a decision was made to intubate and ventilate him.

The inquest heard it was plausible the whooping cough came on between Kye’s first and second hospital admissions. Vaccination against the infection, which has an extremely high mortality rate, is given at eight weeks.

Seven-week-old Kye had not received the vaccination and was so seriously ill he had to be transferred to Leeds General Infirmary.

Dr Ramesh Kumar, a consultant paediatrician, told the inquest of the efforts made to stabilise Kye, but he was critically ill and deteriorating rapidly.

Kye's dad, Aaron, spoke of the heartache of watching Kye’s battle in hospital.

“It was a very traumatic time,” he told the inquest. Treatment was withdrawn, with Kye extubated in his mum’s arms and he tragically died on November 4.

“Unfortunately, Kye was extremely ill and was in irreversible septic shock,” said Dr Kumar.

“I can’t think of anything else we could have done to save his life.”

Dr Jens Stahlschmidt, a paediatric pathologist, told the inquest it was a “tragic but natural death”.

Kye’s parents told the Telegraph & Argus: “Kye was our beautiful little boy, he sadly had to leave this world but his presence and love will always be around us.

“He is remembered daily and his presence is felt throughout every day and everything we do.

“He is the glue to our family and we will keep his name alive forever.”