A “16 and Pregnant” star is mourning the tragic loss of her teenage son.
Whitney Purvis, who joined the MTV reality show in 2009, announced in a Facebook post on Monday that her 16-year-old son Weston Owen Gosa had died.
Purvis shared Weston with his father, Weston Gosa. The former couple also share another son, River Blake Gosa, who was born in 2014.
“This is so hard to write. My beautiful son, Weston has passed away,” Purvis shared. “He was only 16 years old. Life is so cruel and unfair. I just dont understand. Oh my baby is gone and I don’t know what to do with myself.”
“He was so perfect. This is really my worst nightmare come true. How do you go on in life after losing a child?” she added. “I’m in disbelief, this cannot be happening. I don’t want it to be real. I would do anything just to hold him. Words just can’t describe the pain I am feeling.”
Purvis shared an additional post on her Instagram account, and named all of the memories of her son that she would “cherish.”
“... The first day of school, playing with you, your first time swimming, making crafts, how you would dance in your crib to the law and order svu theme song, being a great big brother, the first time I held you and the last hug I gave you,” she wrote in the Instagram post, shared on Tuesday.
“I love you, Weston more than words could ever describe,” Purvis added. “Rest in peace, my beautiful boy.”
Weston’s stepmother, Amy Gosa, also wrote on Facebook that the family was requesting an autopsy to determine how Weston died.
“We do not know the cause, they will do an autopsy soon but all we know is we got up this morning around 7 am and tried to wake him up,” she said. “He was not breathing, we attempted cpr and called an ambulance. The paramedics attempted it as well and took him to the hospital in Gordon County where he was pronounced dead.”
Amy Gosa said that Weston “had several issues as well as diabetes.”
“We are completely heartbroken and in shock. It was so unexpected,” Amy Gosa added. “Losing a child is the most painful thing I have ever experienced and I hope I never experience it again.”