“16 and Pregnant” star Whitney Purvis reveals 16-year-old son Weston has died: ‘Life is so merciless and unfair’

Whitney Purvis, who starred in a 2009 episode of MTV's 16 and Pregnant, is mourning the demise of the son she welcomed on the present.

"That is so arduous to put in writing," she started a Fb publish on Monday. "My lovely son, Weston, has handed away. He was solely 16 years outdated. Life is so merciless and unfair. I simply don't perceive. Oh my child is gone and I don't know what to do with myself. He was so good. That is actually my worst nightmare come true."

Purvis, who welcomed her first baby with Weston Gosa Sr., was one in every of six pregnant teenagers featured within the season. 4 of them — Farrah Abraham, Maci Bookout, Amber Portwood, and Catelynn Lowell — went on to star within the common actuality sequence Teen Mom.

In her heartbreaking publish, Purvis requested, "How do you go on in life after shedding a baby? I'm in disbelief, this can’t be occurring. I don't need it to be actual. I might do something simply to carry him. Phrases simply can't describe the ache I’m feeling."

Then, she directed the message to her son.

"I like you a lot, Weston Owen Gosa. God, I like you a lot. You’re my coronary heart. I used to be so happy with the younger man you had been turning into. I simply can't go on with out you. Relaxation in Peace, my angel. You’re gone too quickly. April 2, 2009 – June 2, 2025."

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An hour later, Purvis up to date her profile image to at least one with a younger Weston.

"Relaxation in Peace, my child Weston," she wrote alongside it. "I like you perpetually, valuable. I'll by no means perceive why life must be so merciless. You'll at all times be my child."

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Weston's stepmom, Amy Gosa, made her personal Fb publish wherein she stated that an post-mortem could be completed quickly. She stated Weston had struggled with well being points together with diabetes, however the household was "in shock" after being unable to wake him up on Monday. An ambulance transported him to a hospital the place he was pronounced lifeless, she shared.

"He was essentially the most superb son I may have requested for. He was sensible, good, humorous and had a lot potential in life," Gosa wrote. "It doesn't really feel actual. Please maintain our household and Whitney in your ideas and prayers as we mourn such a superb superb life that was our son."

Purvis and Weston Gosa Sr. broke up after their son was born. They acquired again collectively and welcomed a second son, River, who was born in 2014, earlier than splitting once more, per PEOPLE.

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