April 23, 2009

• Goodbye Kevin

  Difficult to describe how hard that trip was to Spokane. Lots of great friends up there and I must make the trip again soon. Lots of great friends down here and I must make such trips locally soon. I kept expecting him to walk through the door or call on the phone. His little 2 year old daughter kept asking when pappa was coming home. That pulled the rug from under me a few times. God is strong with them though.

  The coroner is very dissatisfied with the autopsy. Couldn’t find a thing wrong, except for an enlarged heart (Kevin’s heart was big, that’s not news). But the coroner wasn’t really convinced this could have been the root cause. But he did mention that his heart seized and that Kevin never felt a thing.

  And then an interesting twist. Kevin was an organ donor, and his bones were so big that they were able to get what they needed to save the lives of 12 people, mostly children, that needed what he had. His corneas helped give back site to someone else. All the pictures of the people he helped are going to be sent to his brother and wife.

  I worked on the Flash slideshow for the funeral. I didn’t want his brother or close family to have to do that, and besides its something I could contribute. It was good to see him in different situations, always smiling or laughing. It didn’t make me sad for the most part, just glad I knew him.

  So I left Spokane and said goodbye for the last time to one of my closest friends, like a brother. But for his family I will visit them again, and his daughters I will be sure to tell them as often as possible what a great man their father was, and how lucky to have such a great family they are.

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