Chris Picco, a professional recording artist who leads university chapel song services, tenderly sang Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird” on his guitar at the bedside of his 4-day-old son, Lennon James, on November 11, hours before the boy died in his father’s arms. His wife, Ashley, 30, died following an emergency Caesarean section to deliver the baby, who was born 16 weeks early, at the Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital. “Ashley would often feel Lennon moving to music so I brought my guitar today and gave him a little concert,” Chris wrote on a memorial page to his wife. “Continue to pray for a miracle for my precious, perfect little guy!” But hours later, Chris wrote in another post that his son had died. “It is with an unbelievably heavy heart that I write this,” he said. “My little fighter, Lennon James Picco went to sleep in his daddy’s arms late last night. He was surrounded by family, friends, and the best doctors, nurses and hospital staff in the world ... https://youtube/watch?v=0lNBcTkssWA
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:59:04 +0000
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