DANVILLE — A North Alabama 2-year-old is fighting for his life in Birmingham’s children’s hospital.

Jackson Easterwood of Harvest fell into a pool Saturday at his mother’s house in Danville.

Family members tell WAFF-48 News that Jackson was in the water for about five minutes and was then without a pulse for 45 minutes.

Jackson’s father, Eric Easterwood, described rushing to the Danville home where his son was receiving treatment from first responders.

“The only thing I could hear is, ‘He has no pulse. He’s blue. He’s blue. The paramedics are with him,'” Easterwood said.

First responders were able to register a pulse from Jackson. He was flown to Children’s of Alabama for treatment. He remains there in a coma.

“His vitals are stable, so that is a huge positive. His pupils are starting to react to light, which shows that there is something in his mind,” said Easterwood. “We don’t know what the function is, but there is something there. He’s just fighting really hard.”

Easterwood says while he waits for his son to improve, he continues being a father to his little boy.

“I just got done reading to my boy. He couldn’t — I don’t know if he heard. I think he did. Just be close to your children. You don’t know when something is going to happen,” he said.

“He loves ‘Paw Patrol,’ and he’s always smiling. He thinks, he’s just always happy, and you know he comes into a room and he brightens that room up everywhere he goes,” said Easterwood. “He always wants to give you a hug. He’ll see random kids he doesn’t even know, and he’ll run up and hug them, and if you’re sad, if he sees you’re sad, he’ll comfort you.”

Easterwood also said that he’s received a massive outpouring of support from people here in the Tennessee Valley.

“All I did was share an update to my Facebook friends, I didn’t mean for it to do what it did, but it’s gotten like 2,000 shares from people I don’t even know. The community in north Alabama is the best. People love people there,” he said.

If you’re interested in helping to support the Easterwood family through this tragedy, there is an account set up at Redstone Federal Credit Union. Ask for the Jackson Easterwood donation fund.

There is also a GoFundMe donation page set up for Jackson at http://bit.ly/JacksonEasterwood.

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