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I'm a caregiver, and cared for this lovely couple for over a year now. The lady was put into the hospital friday due to falling and being very dehydrated. She was alert, but hallucinating pretty badly. Sometime during the night on saturday, she went into a coma-like state and her breathing became labored. I was planning on visiting her, not knowing how bad she had become. Unfortunately, I arrived two hours late and will probably never forgive myself for not having visited her. She was 92 years old, and was married to her husband for 70 years. She had her family at her side and her husband was holding her hand as she passed. The funeral was today - my very first funeral, and very first death. The family invited me to the private burial because she considered me family (she always called me her adopted daughter). It gave me a chance to sort of say goodbye...I miss her terribly.