Sunday, November 11, 2007

Relief and Pain

Maria passed away yesterday, Saturday November 10th, at 4:30pm. The doctor thought that her passing would take place the day before, but unfortunately for her, her heart just would not stop beating. I saw Maria both Friday and Saturday at a Hospice Care Facility, and truth be told, she deserved to be able to move on. There is something about watching a person you love, suffer...and that is what was happening to her. She was such a good person, and you had to feel like it was just time, for her time here, to be over. She was not even close to the person I had lunch with, just one week before. That is all it took, to change everything.
Maria's husband, Quentin, said on Saturday morning, that it seemed so unfair that vital organs she needed to survive were consumed by cancer, yet her heart and lungs kept fighting for life...almost like they didn't understand what had changed.
Maria will be missed by so many, who are also grateful that she is no longer responsible for fighting this body ravaging disease.
R.I.P. Maria Kruse, you are already missed.

2 comments:

Ice Dust said...

Sorry for your loss, Danika. I'm glad you can find peace with what has happened.

christy said...

I am so sorry for your loss. I feel like we are reaching a point in our lives when death will become all too common. Losing someone you love is never easy.