Kelly Jo Perkins

Female

Pleasant Hill, MO

United States

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About Me:

I am 42 years old and have five children and two grandchildren. I work full time in a business that I started with my husband and mother and father in law 17 years ago. We have worked together for so long it is like we all live together. But in a way that is a good thing, we do see each other every day, which is more than most families can say.

About my Loss:

On August 13 my husband passed away of a heart attack at the age of 46. We had been together since I was 18 years old. He had been had chest pains in the past and I convinced him to go to the hospital. He had four stents put in in the past five years and was on alot of heart medications. WE were getting ready for work that morning and he said his chest was hurting and thought he was just gonna stay home. I said "Ok. But if it gets worse will you call me so I can take you to the hospital?" He told me he would, so I handed him his medicine and went into the bathroom to get ready for work. I just shut the bathroom door and remembered something I needed to ask him, so I went back in the bedroom and he was laying half on and half off the bed not breathing. I, in all my medical knowledge started crying out his name, which brought all of our kids into the room. We called 911 and I attempted CPR. The ambulance took him after shocking him three times. They said they had a heart beat when they left. By the time we got to the hospital, he was gone. It was just like a dream when the dr told me he was gone. I lost the only man I have ever loved. I love him, and now I am broken. My heart, my soul and my spirit are all broken. I go through life, like I am suppose to. I get up and go to work, but then I come home...that is all I do.

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