| Grant's Pay It Forward |
Grant Lars Visscher 04-08-2008 to 04-19-2008This blog was created to share Grant Lars Visscher's story and to ask people to pay it forward in his memory each April. Grant was born April 8, 2008 and passed away from a medical error on April 19, 2008. Here is the story of Grant's arrival and departure from this word told through words and pictures. September 2007 we learned we were pregnant and due on May 1, 2008. By January 2008 we found out we were having a boy and that he would be born with a heart defect called 'coarctation of the aorta'...Grant Lars Visscher was born on April 8, 2008 at 5:58 p.m. weighing 6lbs 5oz....April 11, 2008 we learned that Grant would go in for surgery the next day....We were lucky that he came out of surgery needing only one chest tube for drainage. He also is on the minimal amount of medication for post op....April 15, 2008 the doctors removed Grant's chest tube and took him off of all medication except for oral Tylenol. The only tube he is connected to is one for nutrients. At 9:10 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, 2008 Grant Lars Visscher suddenly passed away. A team of over 20 people were unable to save him. It was so shocking because just that morning they talked about discharging him in a couple of days. We later found out that the morning nurse had put the feeding tube through his trachea causing him to drown in his own feedings and then go into cardiac arrest.... April 26, 2008 Grants Funeral was at Horan and McConaty in Denver. My dad officiated the service. He spoke eloquently. We had three songs played at the service: Who You'd Be Today by Kenny Chesney, Precious Child by Karen Taylor-Good, and Fly by Celine Dion. The lyrics from all the songs resonated deeply with us. We even had the lyrics from Precious Child etched onto Grant's urn. Grant Lars Visscher - April 8, 2008 to April 19, 2008 - You will live in our hearts forever Each April we hope that you pay it forward in honor of the brief time that Grant was with us. It is our way of saying he was here and he touched our lives. |