SATURDAY June 7, 2008 -- A ten-year-old boy named Johnny Jackson from South Carolina died at home on Sunday an hour or so after swimming at a local pool and walking home with his mother, news media reported.

There is no reporting exactly how the boy died. But from what the boy's mother Cassandra Jackson told NBC News, it seems that Johnny got some water in his lungs while swimming in his local pool at Goose Greek, South Carolina.

Ms. Jackson told the TODAY Show on Thursday that "I've never known a child could walk around, talk, speak and their lungs be filled with water."

Johnny did not exhibit any signs of trouble except that after going home, when Johnny's mother bathed him, he told his mom he felt sleepy. When his mother went to check on him later, his face was covered with some strange "spongy white material". He was rushed to hospital and died.

Dr. Daniel Rauch, pediatrician from New York University Langone Medical Center, who also showed up on the TPODAY show, said, cited by Medical News Today, that there are three signs to notice in a child who is at risk of water entering the respiratory system, namely difficulty breathing, extreme tiredness, and changes in behavior.

Children with these systems should be rushed to hospital quickly. Johnny got two signs: tiredness and changes in behavior.



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This is so odd. Who could think you could die this way?

It reminds me of when that woman died from drinking too much water for that radio contest.

Sad.

Not much surprises me anymore, but that sad article genuinely surprised me, and I swim about once a week or so.

if this man is your lifeguard, stay out of the pool. at least one guaranteed dry drowning per shift.

Five bucks says the mother drowned the boy in the tub.

How's it going, B?

Yeah, I just saw a girl on tv tonight on "Deadly Surf" whom they feared might drown up to 2 hours after being dragged out of the surf.

It's always amusing on "Bondi Rescue" to watch people get dragged out of the surf, get rescusitated, and then they refuse to go to a hospital for a check-up. The lifesavers are therefore very quick to shove a piece of paper with a liability waiver on it under their noses.