Mood: sad
Cole Webb passed away last night at the age of 27 months. He had a genetic disease called SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) Type I. Ninety percent of children with SMA Type I do not survive to the age of two.
Cole could not breastfeed, but his mother Kristin faithfully pumped breast milk for him his entire life. I believe that is partly responsible for Cole surviving as long as he did.
If you are reading this, please consider making a donation for SMA research:
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
I will leave you with a photograph of Cole taken earlier this month. Such a beautiful child. As a dear friend said, he is running and jumping and playing in Heaven.
Posted by Gretchen
at 11:42 AM PST