RACINE, Wis. (CBS 58) — Kisha Avitia-Wilson continues to grieve after losing her son in late October.

Avitia-Wilson says her son, Don’vyaire, died after choking on a balloon following a trunk-or-treat event in Racine on Oct. 24.

“I never thought in a million years that I would be the one telling this story,” Avitia-Wilson said. “His life was gone in an instant, and that’s just all I will remember. My baby turned blue in one second.”

Don’vyaire was just two days away from his first birthday.

Avitia-Wilson says she was in the front seat of the car when her son got hold of balloons that other kids had gotten at the event.

“Two balloons popped and one came undone. The one that came undone, it was long enough to come undone where it reached to his car seat, and when he grabbed at it, he grabbed at it with his mouth,” Avitia-Wilson said. “He bit it, and it blew the piece of balloon to the bottom of his esophagus.”

The family tried everything to save the 11-month-old baby.

“We made sure we did everything we were supposed to, but even within that time, he was blue the entire time,” Avitia-Wilson said. “It was nothing in my power that I could have done. I did everything.”

Avitia-Wilson said she was told by officials that the balloon went down into his esophagus and there was nothing that could have saved him.

“If I would have known that a balloon could take my baby’s life in a matter of five seconds or less, my kids wouldn’t even be able to play with balloons,” Avitia-Wilson said.

Now, the family is hoping other parents are more aware of balloons so something like this does not happen again.

“I just want to make sure that my child will be the last child to ever be able to swallow a balloon and lose his life, and I don’t want any other parent to go through this ever again,” Avitia-Wilson said.