Russ found this article online tonight. It made us both take pause and recognize how fragile these kids are and how things can change drastically in a blink of an eye. After I read it I looked outside and watched my six year old Jillian practicing her dribbling and shooting her basketball, pretending to be Troy from High School Musical. I appreciate every, single day I have with her.
6-year-old awaiting heart transplant dies
STOCKTON – A 6-year-old’s courageous battle with a rare heart condition came to an end late Tuesday night, and today family members and friends are mourning the loss of Jacob Wells.
Jacob was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and underwent many surgeries in his young life. In early April, Jacob suffered a failed heart valve transplant, a setback that would put him on the list to receive a heart transplant
The first-grader’s friends and family took to Facebook late Tuesday and early Wednesday to remember him.
“I feel honored to have been Jacob’s teacher. I will never forget him,” his teacher at John Muir Elementary School Debra Roberts wrote.
Read Thursday’s Record for more on this story by staff writer Keith Reid.
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