Miami-Dade firefighter honors spouse’s reminiscence after her dying from uncommon most cancers

MIAMI — Joshua Jean thought his spouse and finest buddy, Santina Jean, can be coming house to assist him and their 10-year-old daughter end organising new child Aniyah’s facet of the room.

“She was with me here when we built this crib,” Jean mentioned. “So this part of her means a lot.”

Instead, the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue firefighter is mourning the lack of his spouse after she died final weekend following a battle with a uncommon type of most cancers.

“Losing the love of my life and breaking my daughter’s heart in the same day was very hard,” Jean mentioned.

A photograph taken earlier than her dying reveals Santina holding and feeding the couple’s new child daughter, who stays within the neonatal intensive care unit.

Jean mentioned docs waited till the newborn reached a secure gestational age earlier than delivering her and trying to save lots of Santina.

“Fortunately, with a good team at Baptist, they waited to a good gestational age so that way they can get our baby and try to save my wife,” Jean mentioned. “They did great on both ends. Everything was on an uprise, but then the leukemia was aggressive, so it overwhelmed her eventually.”

The household stored their battle non-public whereas shut pals labored behind the scenes to create an internet fundraiser for Jean. The fundraiser has raised greater than $100,000.

“The prayers was enough. And I know it’s working to get us up every day after this,” Jean mentioned. “I’ll figure out the word I could put it into to tell you how much I appreciate that. But just thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.”

Through the heartbreak, Jean mentioned the recollections he’ll maintain onto most are Santina’s smile, her snigger and the enjoyment she delivered to on daily basis.

“Every day she laughed. Every single day,” he mentioned. “Hardest day, best day, quiet day. If we only said three words, it was a joke that made us laugh. So yeah, my laughing partner for sure.”

Jean mentioned he and his spouse spent on daily basis laughing collectively from December till her dying final Saturday.

Jean wrote a letter saying thanks to the hospital employees and his co-workers who helped him by all the pieces.

You can watch Jean learn the letter under:

He hopes Aniyah will be capable to come house within the subsequent few weeks. As for the fundraiser, Jean mentioned he has not checked out it and doesn’t know the present whole, however mentioned the cash will assist him spend extra time along with his daughters.

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