TikTok star Mercedes White shares agony after son, 2, died of CARDIAC ARREST while being rushed to hospital after falling ill
A TikTok star has shared her anguish after her beloved two-year-old son died of cardiac arrest earlier this month.
Mercedes White took to Facebook after the death of her son Wesley, writing, “It was him for me. I only wanted one baby… and now he’s gone. I don’t know how to process this. He’s been sleeping with us since the day we brought him home,
White, from Louisiana, continued: “I hugged him every night. I keep waiting for his feet to kick me in the back.
“Little pieces of him are all over our house, but he will never be here again. I thought I had more time with him. I wanted to be better for him.
The only son of prominent TikTok book critic Mercedes White died on November 10, and the mother has provided new details about the sudden death in a series of social media posts
‘He deserved more than this. Nothing feels right, my baby is gone. Hug your little ones a little tighter for me.”
The grieving mother said Wesley died after falling ill and then going into cardiac arrest while being rushed to hospital. No further details about his condition and death have been shared.
White rose to fame as a “booktoker,” who shares book news and reviews of novels she likes, crediting the trend with saving the publishing industry and launching careers.
In another, the content creator – whose handle is @bookclubwannabe – lamented the loss of her “only” child and recalled how he had “slept with (her and her husband) since the day we brought him home.”
White offered little else and had never previously mentioned that her son suffered from congenital heart problems. She buried him on November 17, a report showed, after raising more than $41,000 for his funeral.
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In one, the Louisiana mother – who gave birth just over two years ago – spoke about how the child tragically died on the way to the hospital in a desperate attempt to save his life.
White shared on Facebook a few days earlier: “My heart is absolutely broken. Coming here and seeing all your love for Wesley is so overwhelming.”
She continued, “I’ll never understand, but Wesley went into some kind of cardiac arrest.
‘We were on the way to the hospital and things went terribly downhill.
“I will love him forever.”
The post, published on November 10, provided no further insight into the child’s death, which was only revealed hours earlier in another post on the influencer’s social media.
In it, the mother of one admitted that she “(didn’t) know what to do with (herself)” after Wesley’s sudden death, which happened earlier that morning and took her and her husband by surprise.
Having since resumed reviews for her some 155,300 followers, she wrote at the time: “Wesley lost his life this morning and I really can’t understand why.”
“All I know,” she continued, posting a GoFundMe link, “is that I have to put my baby in the ground.”
“I can’t sit around and do anything else until this is sorted out. Everything helps.’
In another post, the content creator – with @bookclubwannabe – lamented the loss of her “only(and) only” child, recalling how he had been “sleeping with (her and her husband) since the day we gave him brought home’
The child, seen here with father Cameron, was buried on November 17. Fans of White – who has approximately 155,000 followers – successfully raised more than $41,000 for his funeral
White said of the child’s sudden death: ‘I’ll never understand it, but Wesley went into some kind of cardiac arrest. We were on the way to the hospital and things went terribly downhill. I will love him forever.” The family had documented much of their recent travels online
White continued about Wesley, “He slept with us since the day we brought him home, I cuddled him every night. I keep waiting for his feet to kick me in the back. Little pieces of him are all over our house, but he will never be here again.”
The mother has since resumed her social media activities, posting three book-related TikToks in the past three days. Her GoFundMe has successfully raised $41,444 as of Sunday
A day later, after sharing an emotional slideshow of the family’s travels and experiences over the past two years, White took to TikTok, her favorite platform, to provide a more in-depth update on her emotional state.
There, a week after her son died, she revealed that she and her husband had just returned from the toddler’s funeral service, which she called a “celebration of his life.”
She admitted that although the occasion was somber, “it was great to see family and friends and… everyone who was so affected by it.”
She called Wesley’s death “fucking awful” and thanked her fans – who she affectionately calls her “book review” – for having her back.
“I’m absolutely blown away,” she said of the heartfelt response, after onlookers within days paid the $30,000 she requested for the aid, and would cover the costs of burying her son, whom she revealed that he had been cremated.
“I don’t think I really deserve you,” she admitted, “but I am forever grateful for how this community came to help me. I’ll never forget.’
The mother has since resumed her social media activities, posting three book-related TikToks in the past three days.
Her GoFundMe has successfully raised $41,444 as of Sunday.
She wrote to followers in a caption to her previous post. “I love you all from the bottom of my heart.”