when bruschi suffered a stroke in 2005, he was treated at massachusetts general hospital, which he said was well equipped to handle the medical emergency. .
two days later, he attended his wife's memorial service at green hills baptist church in la habra. .
his heart, beating for 84 years and full of love for the woman he affectionately called his "blue-eyed guera [pronounced whedda]," felt like it was failing. . .