My sweet Papa...

On Monday May 2nd 2011, My sweet papa, Bruno, passed away suddenly. As many of you know, he has been in end stage Renal failure for some time and has gone to dialysis 3 days a week for 3-4 hours each time. His Dr. wanted to increase the frequency to 5 times a week and my dad was really struggling with that, since after dialysis he was so weak and tired that he would really have no quality of life. In the end, he didn't need to make that decision, he had a heart attack at home, my uncle (my dad's twin) called 911, they continued to try to resuscitated him on the way to the hospital as well as at the hospital, but after about 45 minutes they stopped. We had his funeral at Davis Cemetery on Saturday May 7th 2011, it was a beautiful day and there was a lot of love and support from family and friends. There is an obituary as well as a slide show memorial on the funeral home website: http://www.davisfuneralservices.com/. My dad was 70 years old and I know missed my mom terribly (she died June 20th 2003), I feel comfort in the fact that they are together now. Although the heartache and grief that I feel having both of sweet parents gone is indescribable. I am taking things one moment at a time, but each new thing that needs to be taken care of here in Las Vegas makes the loss all the more "final" for me. The death certificates were issued yesterday and I went and designed his headstone. Aside from a few paperwork issues (that required the death certificates to take care of) things are mostly getting completed. I am very grateful for the faith and knowledge that I have that we will be together again and that my sweet papa and mom are, I know, in a happy and loving place in the presence of our Father in Heaven, our Beloved Savior and many family members and friends that are no doubt rejoicing at the glorious reunion taking place. (I would include a picture but my computer is being "difficult")