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This is the last photo I took of Jaxin. Two weeks before his death. June 27-15 years ago right at this time, 5:00 am.I was picking up my daughter, Ashley from the side of the road. I had convinced her to pull over. She was sobbing so hard she couldn’t see to drive. We drove as fast as we could from Ansonia to Sidney. Terrified. It all started with a phone call a little before 5 am. Ashley was working two double shifts that weekend. 16 hour days. She was waking up to go to wor

When Derrick first passed away I was in a deep state of shock for at least the first year. I would share with people how Derrick passed away from an unsafe sleep environment and the response nine times out of ten was "Oh, SIDS." I would get so frustrated because my son didn't pass away from SIDS. I wasn't sure where to turn or what to say, but I knew my son's death was preventable. Before we dig deeper into this, let's talk about the definitions of SUID, SIDS, and accidental