... infects him with the cold sore virus (the title was too long)
A premature baby died from multiple organ failure after being kissed by his doting father, his heartbroken mother has revealed.
Kaiden McCormick's tiny body shut down after catching a cold sore virus from Carl Maclaren.
He spent six weeks on a life-support machine, but doctors were unable to save him and he died aged just two months.
His parents were shocked to discover their baby had been struck down with the herpes simplex virus, a disease carried by most of the population, but usually lies dormant. Mother Marrie-Claire McCormick, 28, said: 'I asked how it was possible for a baby to have herpes?
'When he said it was transmitted via the cold sore virus I looked at Carl and he instinctively touched his lip. In that moment I saw his heart break in two.
But when he just over two weeks old, he sent his parents into blind panic when he suddenly turned blue after refusing to take his bottle.
Marrie-Claire said: 'I wasn’t too worried at first, but when I tried again later he grizzled and moaned so I kept a close eye on him.’
She’d just noticed a slight temperature when suddenly Kaiden turned blue and stopped breathing.
'Pure panic hit, I just screamed at Carl to call an ambulance,’ she says.
Paramedics arrived within minutes and rushed the family to Alder Hay Hospital in Liverpool where Kaiden was taken straight into resuscitation.
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