Whitney Purvis’ Son Weston Jr Useless at 16: Look Again at MTV Delivery
Sixteen years in the past, Weston Gosa Jr.’s start was televised on MTV.
The truth present 16 and Pregnant documented the lives of pregnant teenagers together with Weston Jr.’s mom, Whitney Purvis, who delivered him through C-section in April 2009. MTV’s cameras captured the drama surrounding the second: In an sudden twist, Purvis welcomed her son on promenade night time.
“Your monitor strip isn’t good,” Purvis’ physician informed her. “What which means is, we wish to transfer towards you having the newborn sooner slightly than later. So we’re going to ship you off to the hospital as a result of this child is able to be born, I feel.”
Later, Purvis revealed: “I spent the night time within the hospital and so they gave me Pitocin to induce my labor. The contractions had been the worst ache I’ve ever felt. Issues bought even scarier after they mentioned my child wasn’t getting sufficient oxygen. So I needed to have a C-section. And I don’t keep in mind a lot after that. When it was over, my child was good.”
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Purvis’ mother was pregnant concurrently her, and mom and daughter had points following Weston Jr.’s arrival. Purvis, who was in a number of ache after her C-section, moved in together with her grandmother.
“The reality is, having a child is greater than I can deal with at my age, so I’ve to depend on Weston for lots,” she mentioned on 16 and Pregnant.
On Monday, June 2, Purvis confirmed that her son had died on the age of 16.
“That is so exhausting to write down. My stunning son, Weston has handed away,” she wrote on Fb alongside a sequence of photographs of the twosome. “He was solely 16 years previous. Life is so merciless and unfair. I simply dont perceive. Oh my child is gone and I don’t know what to do with myself. He was so good. That is actually my worst nightmare come true. How do you go on in life after shedding a toddler? I’m in disbelief, this can’t be taking place. I don’t need it to be actual. I might do something simply to carry him. Phrases simply can’t describe the ache I’m feeling.”
She additionally spoke on to her son, writing, “I like you a lot, Weston Owen Gosa. God, I like you a lot. You might be my coronary heart. I used to be so happy with the younger man you had been changing into. I simply can’t go on with out you. Relaxation in Peace, my angel. You might be gone too quickly. April 2, 2009 – June 2, 2025.”
In a follow-up put up, Purvis added, “Relaxation in Peace, my child Weston. I like you perpetually, treasured. I’ll by no means perceive why life must be so merciless. You’ll at all times be my child.”
A explanation for dying was not disclosed, however Weston Jr.’s, stepmom, Amy Gosa, revealed through Fb that the household “tried to wake” Weston up at 7 a.m. on Monday morning however he was “not respiratory.” (Whitney shared Weston Jr. together with her ex, Weston Gosa.)
“We tried CPR and known as an ambulance. The paramedics tried it as nicely and took him to the hospital in Gordon County the place he was pronounced useless,” Amy wrote. “He had a number of well being points in addition to diabetes. We’re fully heartbroken and in shock. It was so sudden.”
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Amy known as Weston a “sensible, good and humorous” boy with “a lot potential in life,” and requested folks to maintain her household and “Whitney in your ideas and prayers as we mourn such a superb superb life that was our son.”
Since her 16 and Pregnant stardom, Whitney had misplaced custody of Weston Jr. and her different son River. Final 12 months, she was reportedly arrested for failing to make youngster assist funds, based on TMZ.