G'day LB,
I'm saddened to hear you mate didn't make it.
My thoughts are with your mates family and his mates.
I suffered a brain aneurysm(cerebral hemorrhage) some 13 years ago this coming December 2nd.
I was 33 years old, my eldest Daughter was 13 months, Fysh Didn't know she was pregnant with our second daughter, Conceived the night before
She didn't realize until some four months later, to busy worrying about she will have to raise a daughter without a husband and her little girls dad.
One of the hardest things I have ever had to do was,
Sitting in an eye specialist waiting room, I have blurred vision from the blood pressure that build up inside my brain.
The lady sitting next to me in her 60's had a young man in his mid twenties with her, Just by looking at him I got the impression that the Lights were on, but nobody was home(I mean this in a nice way). After talking for awhile, she asked me what had happened to me, after explaining about the brain aneurysm, she started to cry and was really upset, She looked me in the eye and asked why I was the way I was and her son was the way he was, because that was what had happened to him.
Sorry to waffle on, but you are right, life is very special, And I know how lucky I am.
Get outside every day, Miracles are waiting everywhere
I hope your mates family and you will be ok.
Take care.