We would like to thank our family and friends who were able to attend Skyler Sue’s visitation and memorial. We would also like to extend our gratitude to those who sent us kind thoughts and messages during our time of grief. Your presence, support and kind words have helped us cope during this difficult time. (more…)
Skyler Sue is the love of our life. We are forever grateful for being blessed with a beautiful angel. She only lived for three months and 4 days, but her memories will last us a lifetime. Goodbye our sweet pea, little princess, our angel – precious Skyler Sue.
We’ve had several people ask about making some kind of contribution since it was something we left out of the obituary, so if you’d like to make any kind of contribution please send it to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals:
Skyler Sue Gibson, 3 Months & 4 Days old, passed away on May 13th in the loving arms of her family at St. Francis Children’s Hospital in Tulsa, OK.
A visitation will be held between the hours of 12PM & 2PM on Friday, May 18th at Callison-Lough Funeral Home in Bentonville, AR. A memorial service will follow at 3PM at Pinnacle Memorial Gardens in Rogers, AR. Skyler’s visitation & memorial service is a celebration of her life, so we request all visitors to wear warm, happy colors.
On Sunday, May 13th we made the heartbreaking decision to let Skyler pass away. It’s been a little over 12 hours now since she passed and so far the pain has been excruciating. Even though it hurts to be at home without her, we know we made the right decision.
The last 12+ hours have been difficult for all of us.
Shortly after 6PM on Saturday, Skyler’s apnea monitor started alarming and her skin was turning blue. Mom started screaming but was still able to give Skyler chest compressions before we rushed to the ER. Once we got to the hospital Skyler was still blue and felt lifeless. Her heart stopped beating for at least 10 minutes and at that point she was considered to be clinically dead. Mom begged the Doctors & Nurses that were huddled around her to do something to bring her back…and miraculously they did.
Skyler is now three months old! With all the things we went through since Skyler was born, it’s hard to believe it was only three months. But at the same time, it seems like Skyler is growing fast right before our very eyes. Her feed is now at 23 ml/hr and three days ago she weighed at 8 lbs and 2 oz.
We would like to share this inspirational writing by Erma Bombeck called “The Special Mother“. If we were to change anything, we will change the “mother” to “family“. But below is a great way to explain why we were chosen to be Skyler’s family, we are not perfect but we are happy to be chosen. We truly believe our little angel deserves the best family to love and raise her, so it’s no wonder why God has chosen us.
Skyler is one week shy of her 3rd month birthday. She’s been doing so well with her feeds that she gained 10 oz in just 2 weeks.
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