Jett's Journey to Recovery

Hey all, as many of you know, on May 20, 2023, my brother & sister-in-law, Nick & Colleen, welcomed their twin boys, Jett & Asher, into the world at 34 weeks! It was such a blessing for them as they had been trying to have a baby for 3 years. Asher had to spend 10 days in the NICU while Jett had an extended stay, leaving after 22 days. Colleen & Nick were so happy to finally welcome both of their boys home!

Fast-forward to this past Friday, July 7, 2023, when the unimaginable happened - they almost lost their baby boy, Jett. As they were getting the boys ready to head out the door, Jett aspirated in his car seat. Colleen noticed Jett’s crying abruptly stopped, so she went over to check on him. She yelled for Nick and what they saw was something no parent should ever see - Jett was ghost white/gray, his lips & hands were blue, and he was laying limp in the car seat with foamy blood coming out of his nose and mouth. Nick grabbed Jett from the car seat and performed chest compressions for the next 6 minutes on his lifeless body. Finally, after 6 minutes, Jett slowly came back to them. Paramedics showed up and rushed him to Levine’s Children’s Hospital where he coded twice.

The outlook for Jett was not great, and the doctors told Colleen & Nick to prepare for the worst because they didn’t believe he would make it through the next 24 hours. After the incredible work of the doctors, PAs, NPs and nursing staff, they were able to bring Jett to a critically stable state.

They are treating Jett for respiratory failure, and he is on a very intensive course of action. There have been some bumps along the road where he has crashed multiple times, but he finally appears to be slowly heading in the right direction. He will be on an intensive ventilator for at least a week, and then he will hopefully move to a conventional ventilator. The doctors have told Colleen & Nick that Jett’s road to recovery will be very long and arduous. He will be in the pediatric intensive care unit for at least 2 weeks followed by a respiratory rehabilitation center.

If you're able to support them in any way, please feel free to donate here in this GoFundMe. If you want to follow along on Jett's Journey, Nick & Colleen have created a CaringBridge page where they provide updates on Jett as they get them from the doctors and nurses.

We appreciate everyone's love, support, and kind words during this time, and are eternally grateful for the massive support system that Nick, Colleen, & the boys have. You all mean the world to us!

Other Ways to Support: They've also set up a Meal Train page where you can have meals delivered to them so it's one less thing to worry about.