Deliciously Divine's blog: "Update 11/11/2008"

Hi everyone, I am having an extraordinarily difficult today. Angel passed away at 4:43 yesterday and its been so hard to understand why such tragedies happen to the young. He was not a trouble maker by any means, he was a great student, and was enlisting into the Marines and was set for his basic training in December. Though he was in the DEP (Delayed Entry Program) the Marines have also suffered a loss of a fine young man, one with the valor of honor, strength, compassion, and kindness. Great values if I must say so myself. We have made the final arrangements and it was always his request should he die he wanted us all to know that his desire was to be cremated. We our having a memorial tomorrow morning, and the cremation is also tomorrow. God bless him, as we were forever blessed to have him in our lives for as long as we did. I love this young man with my heart and soul as any sister would. I will miss him tremendously. Also, one final thing for those of you who have left comments, called, and sent me text messages my most heartfelt thanks being sent out to each of you who took the time to show you care that much for me that you would make such great effort to show you care. Many hugs to you all, as I finish typing through the tears. I do love all of my friends here and again, my thanks to each of you. I'll be back soon. Much love, Sussie

Hi Everyone, First, thank you so much for everyone who has visited my page and have kept Angel in your prayers. The thoughts, and prayers mean a lot to us. Sadly, I must report to you all that today we are making the decision to take him off the respirator. The EEG shows no sign of any brain activity and nil for a chance of survival. I want you all to know that I myself am at peace with this decision as much as I would love to keep Angel here with us, he was always such a good kid. I guess its true what they say, "Only the good die young!" It has been very disheartening to endure these last few days to say the least. I am quite tired and emotionally drained as you can well enough imagine. Having working in the ICU I have seen miracles happen, but unfortunately, I only allowed my family to maintain hope for a miracle, but it hasn't come and I am not certain it will. I will miss my Angel; but, I will always have an Angel to watch over me and my family as our days continue. Angel has touched the lives of many. He just turned 21 a few weeks ago, and bless his heart, he has always been there for anyone who needed for anything. I would love to see the man he would have become because he was on such a great path. I will post pictures of him when I can. Given I will need some time to grieve this loss in my family. My love and thoughts go out to each and every one of you who have sent such lovely messages, comments, and took the time to say a prayer or two, or more for me and my family during this tragedy. Much love, Sussie