Loved one lost too soon

We are posting this for our family friend, this Go Fund Me is for Florence and her two beautiful children. Florence’s husband Shawn passed away after a long fight in hospital, on March/5th/2022. Shawn had two young girls and a wife. Shawn fought very hard since December/2021. He fell ill and ended up in hospital in the beginning of December. It had turned out he had Pancreatitis, keto acidosis cause by the Pancreatitis during this time he had  a Heart Attack. Turns out He had  2/100%, 90% ,80% and a 70% blockage(5 arteries) in his heart, leading to a quintuple bypass surgery.  After Shawns surgery he was slowly recovering. We had no thoughts at all that we would be here today. Shortly after his surgery he had High Fevers which they figured were infections but they couldn’t find any . He had fluid in his Lungs which was cause by his Kidneys not working , which wasn’t abnormal for someone going through what he was .They put him on dialysis to help him recover, and he was. We were all told he would be transferred to Surrey memorial (closer to his family) to recover after he had his surgery. One month ago he went into Septic Shock and had a Brain bleed ( which they found a week later through one of many MRI ) in his Pituitary gland which caused a Temp of over 111 fever. We still had hope and were told he should wake up. At this point he had been in hospital for 3 months already. Shawn was the sole provider while his wife took care of the girls and recently went to work herself. Florence picked up as many shifts as she could to maintain finances while Shawn was in the hospital and friends and Family helped as well. Florence was working until late at night and then going straight to the hospital to sit with Shawn as well as his Mom and Brother every day since December. His family and friends  helped with the children during this tough time. We learned at the end of February that Shawns body was shutting down and because of the Temperature and Bleed in his brain that he would never wake up . At this point he had been on life support and unresponsive to all testing with brain damage from the fever and . Shawn lost his battle on March/5th.

Shawn was a man who wore his heart on his sleeve. He helped EVERYBODY, no matter who they were. He was an amazing father and always attended his childrens extra curricular and educational things. He was an attentive and loving father. He was a good husband. He was a family man and a good friend to all. He held BBQs, and wonderful gatherings to keep everyone close. Not only did he take care of his own family, but he took care of his wife’s family. He always had his wife’s family members living with him and helping to ensure his mother in law, and other family members were okay. He has taken in other family members children and cared for other peoples children like his own. He loved kids, and loved his family members, especially his nieces, nephews and close friends children. He took care of his wife, and children, and worked running his company to provide his family with a good life. He always went camping and enjoyed quality time with his family, and close friends. He was extremely giving, kind, gentle, compassionate, and personally I’ve never seen him angry in the 10 years I’ve known him, as he didn’t have an angry bone in his body. He gave so many people opportunities and helped to change many peoples lives, especially with work. He gave many people chances, and helped so many move forward in their lives with better opportunities. This has been a shock to everybody. We were under the impression for a while there that Shawn would pull through. It’s been extremely difficult for Shawn’s wife and children. I feel as though Florence hasn’t had time to even grieve, or sit down for a moment because she is trying to work as many hours as she can to hold things together. Shawn and Florence have been together for 14 years. A long time, but not long enough by any means. They were set to spend their lives together. They dreamed of retiring and living on a Boat as they loved the Ocean . Their lives intertwined have been made accustom to having a lifestyle with two people contributing to pay the bills and support their family, not one person. It isn’t physically possible for her to maintain this on her own. Let alone handle finances to put Shawn to rest or hold a celebration of his life. Shawn is a man who’s life most definitely should be celebrated during this time for all the things he did. He should be remembered in a beautiful way. I would like to help Florence do this so she can feel at peace with how her husband, the love of her life and childrens father was put to rest. I want her children and her to be able to be able to visit him or have him (depending on what they choose to do) and feel as though they didn’t miss out on getting the items they wanted to get for this to happen. Florence should be able to breathe for a moment, sit with her children and just grieve without having to stress about the rent, or bills. This is a very difficult time, especially since Florence works in Vancouver, with gas prices raising higher each day and the highest they’ve been as well as the high costs right now with her rent being raised, food and costs of living in general I want to ensure Florence and her two girls are okay, or as okay as they can be in this moment right now. Thank you everyone.