My name is Anna Maxwell, and my husband is Jonathan Maxwell. This is the story of our amazing son, Jesse Robert Maxwell.

Jesse was born five weeks early on June 12, 2008 at Decatur General Hospital. All of his organs were failing, and his brain was swollen. He was rushed to the Huntsville Hospital Neonatal ICU. They put him on a cooling blanket to help reduce the brain swelling.

Jesse went to Heaven on June 14, 2008. God gave us two wonderful days with him. We later found out he died from Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome. His adrenal glands were bleeding, and this caused all of his organs to shut down and his brain to swell. We are very thankful to all of the doctors and nurses for the time and effort they devoted in order for us to have those few precious days with Jesse.

Jesse was and will always be our little baby boy. He weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces. He had my strawberry-blonde hair and his daddy’s chin. We will never forget holding him in our arms. Even though Jesse was only with us on this earth for such a short time, he has affected us greatly.

We hope we can help other babies by raising money to purchase another cooling blanket for the NICU. They currently only have one. If the cooling blanket had been in use when Jesse needed it, he would have had to go to another hospital. We probably would not have had the chance to see him. Please help us raise the money for another cooling blanket in Jesse’s memory.