On September 5th 2020, my Godfather, Danny Cabardo fell into sudden cardiac arrest, he was without a pulse for a few minutes before paramedics arrived at the house. They were able to revive him, but on the way to the hospital his pulse was lost again. Upon arrival, his pulse was found, but due to the amount of time without sufficient blood supply, he suffered significant brain damage. He is currently in a comatose state in the ICU at Washington Hospital, alone without any family by his side because of COVID-19. Our family is on daily updates with his doctor, but it just doesn’t feel right for any of us to not be physically with him.
The best way to describe Uncle Danny when I was growing up was free-spirited and family-oriented. Every weekend was either an adventure or a party with him. My mom always says, “We were always somewhere back in the day”, like fishing in Bodega Bay with my little baby fishing rod, being woken up on a Saturday at four in the morning for a random weekend trip to Reno no matter what season it was, cherry picking in the summer and eating the cherries when we weren’t supposed to, or just having a family get together at someone’s house -- all because Uncle Danny would want to be around family. He was one of the funnest uncles in the Cabardo family, always cracking jokes, telling us stories about his adventures, and giving all the nieces and nephews money when we bothered him while he was gambling. But I think I can speak for my cousins and brother when I say he was also the scariest and strictest of the uncles; we would cry when our parents would threaten to call him over when we acted up because he was the one to take disciplinary actions. Regardless of that, we always looked forward to the next family adventure.
In the early 2000’s, after retiring, Uncle Danny moved back to the Philippines where his health began to deteriorate. A head injury caused a brain tumor and from then his medical history grew with a heart attack, two strokes, and many epileptic seizures. He moved back to the states in 2012 or 2013 with our Auntie Juvy and our youngest cousin Angelina; and although it felt great to have him back for family get togethers, we knew Angelina wouldn’t get to experience her dad at his prime.
Though Uncle Danny has yet to pass, his doctor has informed our family to prepare for the worst because his health doesn’t seem to be improving. We’ve started coordinating with Chapel of the Chimes for his services and all donations made here will be going towards the services. Our family would appreciate all the help we could get to help pay for this expense that my cousin Jody James will be in charge of. I shall update this as soon as I can with information on Uncle Danny’s status.
Thank you in advance from the Cabardo Family.
- Cherese Mae (niece/Goddaughter)
The best way to describe Uncle Danny when I was growing up was free-spirited and family-oriented. Every weekend was either an adventure or a party with him. My mom always says, “We were always somewhere back in the day”, like fishing in Bodega Bay with my little baby fishing rod, being woken up on a Saturday at four in the morning for a random weekend trip to Reno no matter what season it was, cherry picking in the summer and eating the cherries when we weren’t supposed to, or just having a family get together at someone’s house -- all because Uncle Danny would want to be around family. He was one of the funnest uncles in the Cabardo family, always cracking jokes, telling us stories about his adventures, and giving all the nieces and nephews money when we bothered him while he was gambling. But I think I can speak for my cousins and brother when I say he was also the scariest and strictest of the uncles; we would cry when our parents would threaten to call him over when we acted up because he was the one to take disciplinary actions. Regardless of that, we always looked forward to the next family adventure.
In the early 2000’s, after retiring, Uncle Danny moved back to the Philippines where his health began to deteriorate. A head injury caused a brain tumor and from then his medical history grew with a heart attack, two strokes, and many epileptic seizures. He moved back to the states in 2012 or 2013 with our Auntie Juvy and our youngest cousin Angelina; and although it felt great to have him back for family get togethers, we knew Angelina wouldn’t get to experience her dad at his prime.
Though Uncle Danny has yet to pass, his doctor has informed our family to prepare for the worst because his health doesn’t seem to be improving. We’ve started coordinating with Chapel of the Chimes for his services and all donations made here will be going towards the services. Our family would appreciate all the help we could get to help pay for this expense that my cousin Jody James will be in charge of. I shall update this as soon as I can with information on Uncle Danny’s status.
Thank you in advance from the Cabardo Family.
- Cherese Mae (niece/Goddaughter)