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COVID extra difficult for those grieving, says wife of late Oiler Colby Cave
EDMONTON, AB. — Emily Cave didn’t expect her Instagram post about taking COVID-19 regulations seriously to go viral.
The wife of Edmonton Oilers’ centre Colby Cave, who died in April after suffering a brain bleed, simply wanted people to know how the pandemic is impacting people like her – people who can’t say a final goodbye to their loved ones.
“My 25-year-old husband died alone,” Emily Cave wrote in a story on Thursday. “I have no clue what his last breath was like. I have yet to be able to have yet to have a funeral because of this global pandemic.
“So for goodness sake, wear a mask. Wash your freaking hands and it’s not the end of the world if you can’t go to house parties or do things that are essentially a ‘luxury’ in your blessed world.”