On January 9, Alastor woke up congested and struggling to breathe. It looked like something many parents recognize at first—a respiratory illness, uncomfortable but manageable. Concerned, they took him to an emergency department in Northglenn, near Denver, hoping for reassurance and treatment.
Instead, they were sent home with medication.
When his condition didn’t improve, they rushed him back.
That was the moment everything shifted.
After an X-ray, Alastor stopped breathing.
Doctors worked quickly to intubate him before transferring him to another hospital, but by then, his mother believes there may have been a critical period where he was without oxygen. That possibility now hangs heavily over everything that followed.
In the days that came after, hope slowly gave way to a devastating reality.
Alastor was later declared to have no brain function.
