March 13, 2015 – July 4, 2022
Written by Sarahi Garcia, Alexander’s mom

My son’s name is Alexander Emmanuel Gaytan Meza and he was born on March 13, 2015. We all called him bubba. He was always so full of love and happiness. His laugh was everything. Alex loved so many things. Fishing, swimming, soccer, music, reading, and his family. He was obsessed with his new baby brother.
Alex never showed any kind of symptoms that we were aware of at the time. Then we went on vacation to celebrate his brother’s second birthday and Alex choked on a gummy and it was scary. We tried everything to get it out and he went limp in my arms. I was screaming and crying, praying that wasn’t the way he would go. I finally was able to get it out and he took a big gasp of air. The EMTs checked him out and they told us he was fine. That was a Saturday so on Monday we took him to his doctor. She was concerned because his face was droopy and she was afraid he was having a stroke so we got on an ambulance and headed off to the Childrens Hospital. It felt like an eternity waiting for the results. They finally were able to let me know that they found a tumor. My heart shattered. Everything happened so fast after that. We were told that the tumor he had was known as DIPG and there was also bleeding in the tumor. One of his doctors told us it was terminal and the only thing they could do was make sure he was comfortable.

We had tons of people everywhere praying for a miracle. Even with the decision we made, I still prayed and prayed for one too. He was taken off the ventilator and was still fighting. He fought with everything in him everyday up until his last one . He was admitted May 9, 2022 and he passed away June 4, 2022.

"He is now running, fishing, and doing everything he was no longer able to, just in heaven.❤️"
