Hello, I have created this GoFundMe to raise money for funeral services for my 2-month old baby, Alejandro. I was so very excited to fall pregnant again in Summer of 2025 and to give my daughter a sibling. Unfortunately, at my 20-week anatomy scan, my OB noticed something unusual about the baby’s heart. He referred me to MFM for an echo and he said he wasn’t too concerned he just wanted to be safe. For that reason, I wasn’t very concerned either and just thought it was no big deal, that everything was fine. But that day, we were hit with news that no parent ever wants to hear. That our child had heart defects, not only did he have them, but they were very severe and complex. The biggest issue was that they didn’t even know if there was anything they could do for him once he was born. We were informed with options we could take, such as continuing on with the pregnancy or possibly traveling to another state for a termination. But my husband and I decided to have hope. Throughout the rest of my pregnancy, I had constant echos and ultrasounds. They told us they didn’t know what they could offer until he was born but offered very little hope. When he was born, his primary diagnoses were DORV, pulmonary atresia, ASD, MAPCAs,and also heterotaxy with asplenia. Essentially, he has half a heart. Though, he was doing so well that he was almost able to come home the first week. But the day before discharge he had an echo and his heart function had deteriorated. So that turned into the last almost 3 months of him being in the ICU, developing NEC, having emergency surgery, advocating for second opinions from other hospitals and being told no also, to today. We don’t know how much time he has left and he is currently only receiving comfort care. We’ve been told several times to just enjoy the time he has left. A child’s funeral is something a parent never expects to have to pay or save up for. As parents, we are never supposed to outlive our children and grieving a child is something no parent should ever experience in their lifetime. This is something I never expected to happen to us, and something I was not prepared for whatsoever. I envisioned a beautiful future with both of my children, raising him, seeing him form a bond with his sister, seeing who he would grow up to look like, and being able to see him grow. I will never get to experience that and my only wish is for him to no longer be suffering the way he is. Even if i can’t have him here with me, i want him to have peace. This GFM will go towards any funeral and burial expenses that is needed for him to give him a beautiful service and to lay him to rest peacefully. Anything helps, and beyond the emotional trauma, this will lessen some of the load that we are already dealing with trying to enjoy the time we have left with our child. If you are unable to donate, please just share. ❤️‍

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