We just got a call from my cousin, Lenny. She's in the Philippines on a Medical Mission with her family. Her younger sister, Yvette, passed away Sunday morning (Saturday here in the US). Respiratory failure.
I can't remember how old she is because since she is a younger cousin, I always tend to think they are still 5 or 6, or whatever age they were when I first met them. She was in her 30's. I remember fun times with her though. She was a cute little kid, spunky. As a baby, she had undergone two surgeries for a congenital heart problem - I remember seeing the scar on her chest when they came to visit us here in San Diego, that was the first time I met Yvette and Lenny. She was probably 5 at the time. I remember wondering how a baby can go through heart surgery - so small, so fragile, such a big scar for someone so young, did it hurt?
Last time we were in New York for a family reunion in 2007, she spent the day with us, bringing us around Manhattan, in the rain. It was my birthday weekend as well, and we all went to see the Lion King. The other night I uploaded some photos from that trip to my Flickr account, and she was in several of those photos. I have not seen her since that trip, but I have my fond memories from that trip and of Yvette.
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