MY HUSBAND OF 6 YEARS DIED OF A BRAIN ANEURYSM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO STUBBORN. HE WAS 29 YEARS OLD AND HAD HEADACHES FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. I TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY DID A CAT SCAN, BUT CAT SCANS DON'T SHOW ANEURISMS. ON JUNE 5, 2001 I CAME HOME FROM WORK EARLY AND FOUND THAT HE COULDN'T GET OUT OF BED BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING "MINI STROKES" AND I DIDN'T KNOW. I CALLED MY MOM WHO IS A RN NURSE AND SHE TOLD ME TO CALL 911 SO I DID. THEY TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY PERFORMED MANY DIFFERENT TESTS. THEY ADMITTED HIM AND SAID THEY WOULD CALL ME IN THE MORNING. THE DOCTOR CALLED ME IN THE MORNING AROUND 6 AM AND TOLD ME THEY WERE PERFORMING WHAT IS CALLED A ANGIOGRAM TO DETECT AN ANEURYSM AND WHILE UNDER THE ANEURYSM BURST. THEY RESUSITATED HIM 2 TIMES AND THEN FLEW HIM TO THOMAS JEFFERSON ON PHILLY, PA. WE LIVED IN READING, PA. HE SPENT 4 WEEKS THERE AND THEN WENT TO A NURSING HOME FOR ANOTHER 4 WEEKS. HE THEN WAS SENT TO READING HOSPITAL WHERE HE SPENT 10 DAYS WHEN HE DIED. I HAVE 2 DAUGHTERS. BRITTANY IS 7 AND SARAH IS 5 NOW. THEY WERE 5 & 3 AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH AND I WAS ONLY 26. MY LIFE HAS MOVED ON BUT IT IS STILL VERY DIFFICULT. I MET A WONDERFUL MAN WHO LOVES MY DAUGHTERS JUST LIKE JOE DID. LIFE DOES CONTINUE AND FOR ME HAS TO BECAUSE I HAVE 2 BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS TO LIVE FOR. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS, AND PLEASE EMAIL ME.THANKS, JEN
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