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Riggs says he would sometimes smile.
Then he started to deteriorate. His brain began to swell.
"It was just watching him go downhill pretty quickly which was hard because he had been doing so well," Riggs said.
With Jack's death, his family has a new life mission.
"Somehow we are going to make really good things happen out of all of this," Riggs said. "It would be my hope that this would never happen to another child. I have a new career now. I will advocate for babies. I will do all I can to stop shaken baby syndrome and abuse."
Mark Schmidt, Jack's grandfather, said, "If you feel stressed or pushed to the limit just walk away. Let the baby cry. You can't reinforce that enough."
In the days before he died, his Riggs whispered to him, "You know how much I love you and how much I'll miss you... buckets and buckets and buckets."
Riggs says he would sometimes smile.
Then he started to deteriorate. His brain began to swell.
"It was just watching him go downhill pretty quickly which was hard because he had been doing so well," Riggs said.
With Jack's death, his family has a new life mission.
"Somehow we are going to make really good things happen out of all of this," Riggs said. "It would be my hope that this would never happen to another child. I have a new career now. I will advocate for babies. I will do all I can to stop shaken baby syndrome and abuse."
Mark Schmidt, Jack's grandfather, said, "If you feel stressed or pushed to the limit just walk away. Let the baby cry. You can't reinforce that enough."
In the days before he died, his Riggs whispered to him, "You know how much I love you and how much I'll miss you... buckets and buckets and buckets."