KGW Local News reports that a four-year-old boy was remembered Saturday, after losing a heartbreaking battle with E. coli.

Ronan Wilson started feeling sick on March 26th. There had been an outbreak of E. coli at the Fletch Family Daycare, where Ronan frequented.

Ronan went on dialysis, but the bacteria attacked his colon. Doctors performed surgery. But they couldn’t save him. Ronan died on April 8th.

Ronan’s father Anthony said,

"Once he went to sleep from the anesthesia, that was it. The e.oli continued attacking his body and it moved into his brain and he never woke up from that."

Ronan’s mother Bonnie said,

"I’ll miss holding him. Him physically being here, that’s what I’ll miss the most."

Saturday, friends and family gathered at the Blackstone American Grill in Vancouver, Washington, to honor Ronan and raise money for his medical and funeral costs.