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Paul Kim, an influencer, has a 5-year-old son who passed away after the child contracted a very serious case of the flu.
Influencer Paul J. Kim Discloses 5-Year-Old Son Micah Has Passed Away After Flu
Social media influencer Paul J. Kim recently broke the sad news that his son Micah, 5, passed away on Dec. 31, 2025, due to complications from a severe case of the flu.
Standing on grief, Kim posted an emotional 6-minute clip on Instagram on Jan. 1, expressing to his fans: “After an 11-day battle, our little fighter Micah has been reunited with our Heavenly Father.”
He added, “We’re so proud of our boy.”, “On behalf of my family and as Micah’s father, I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the ways you have prayed for us and given us strength through the time of our loss. Our family is going through a difficult and seemingly impossible time. It has been the most challenging moment of my life, and it still is.””
Paul J. Kim Says Son Micah’s “Light” Is Still Impacting Lives After His Death
Paul J. Kim, in his post, expressed that although he initially only wanted to be left alone to mourn the loss of his son, he still felt the urge to inform the followers out of thanksgiving.
“It’s just that I want to be private and have time to mourn with my family at such a time, but I felt like I owed all of you an update, just out of gratitude,” he recounted. “Micah is already in Heaven at work, seriously, so many testimonies, so many ways in which God is using the light in my five-year-old to truly save souls and change the world.”
Kim revealed that his videos and photos have now been seen in all seven continents and that his profile has been visited more than 50 million times in the past two weeks, with innumerable people contacting him to pray for Micah and for his family.
Paul J. Kim Says God Is “Already Using” Micah “in Miraculous Ways”
Paul J. Kim recounted a very moving incident at the hospital when his son Micah was on his last breath. He remembered talking to a lady whose infant daughter of only two weeks was in intensive care.
“We were discussing whether or not the baby has been baptized and she answered no, so I suggested that she should baptize her, especially in this kind of situation,” he stated. “When they were moving Micah to the new bed after he died, the mom came up to me and said, ‘My husband and I, after talking, have decided that you should baptize our child.’”
Kim mentioned that after consulting his spiritual guide, he went ahead with the baptism of the child.
“How is it possible to have such a thing happening amongst all these sorrows?” he stated. “It is a strong possibility that Micah had already passed away before we found out. We were at a loss how to explain it; his body was in a coma but we’re sure his soul was with God. We were just witnessing a transition. But, he is God’s instrument already in an amazing, miraculous way.”
Paul J. Kim Explains “Heart-Wrenching” Moment of Returning Home After Son Micah’s Death
Looking back on the final days with his son Micah, Paul J. Kim explained that the family went to great lengths to save their 5-year-old son.
“For those two weeks we were fighting physically, we were seeking legal, medical, moral help from even outside the hospital,” said the sorrowful father, “to make sure we weren’t missing anything.” In fact, we were fighting for Micah in many ways to prolong his life, at least until he died. It is my responsibility as a father…even if, in God’s ultimate plan, it wasn’t meant for him to get better.”
Kim noted that coming back without Micah was one of the most “heart-breaking awkward moments” in his life. “Coming to a house where there is no Micah running around, laughing and shouting as he usually does,” he added.
The influencer with over 300,000 followers for his Catholic faith videos, initially announced Micah’s hospitalization on 12/21 in an Instagram post where he revealed that his son had been taken by ambulance for a “medical emergency”.
Paul J. Kim Describes the Moments He Felt “Crushed and Helpless” But Also “Upheld by God’s Grace” in Micah’s Last Days
Paul J. Kim opened up about how bad his 5‑year‑old son’s condition had gotten just before he died.
Micah had a very aggressive flu that brought on sepsis and seizures. Eventually, the little boy had to be put on life support. Later on, it was found that Micah’s brain activity was “not present.”
The family spent Christmas Eve at the hospital with their sick child. Kim reported that they watched Christmas Mass in Micah’s hospital room.
“This has unquestionably been the biggest burden my wife and I have had to bear in our whole lives. I have never felt so crushed and helpless in my life,” he confessed in a tearful Christmas Day message. “Yet at the same time, I have never felt so strong and so lifted up by God’s grace in my life.”
Thousands of supporters poured in online when the family shared Micah’s health story. Among them was Gwen Stefani who commented on one of Kim’s posts, “praying for u.”
