Seems like there’s so much of this going around…

I’m feeling sad about another death–not a public figure. A dear friend of one of my ‘Net friends passed away in a very shocking and unexpected way. On February 27, he was taken to the ER with severe chest and arm pain, and ended up in emergency surgery for a torn aorta and heart valve replacement. He had to go in for more emergency surgery the next day because of internal bleeding. He never woke up after the first surgery, and passed away this morning.

I feel very sad about this, although I didn’t know him directly. My friend talked about him a lot, and he seemed like a warm, generous, wonderful person. I don’t know if he had a known existing condition that put him at risk of this happening. He was 42 years old.