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Place of Birth: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
About Eva Markvoort
- Eva Markvoort (March 31, 1984 – March 27, 2010) was a young woman from New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada who died from cystic fibrosis at the age of 25.
- She blogged about her life, family and experiences, including undergoing a lung transplant and her subsequent transplant rejection, in her blog "65_Redroses," which is also the name of a documentary film about her, 65 Redroses.Eva's online identity is based on Canadian cystic fibrosis community lore that "65 roses" is a malapropism among children for the disease of "cystic fibrosis".
- Eva added 'red' because it was her favourite colour.Despite early success following her double lung transplant in 2007, Markvoort died on March 27, 2010 at Vancouver General Hospital after a long battle with transplant rejection, while awaiting a second lung transplant.
- Shortly before her death, the 25-year-old theatre student received her degree from the University of Victoria at her hospital bedside.On March 25, Markvoort wrote the last post on her blog: I am not managing, not managing at all.
- I'm drowning in the medications.
- I can't breathe.
- Every hour.
- Once an hour.
- I can't breathe.
- Something has to change. Markvoort had recorded an emotional farewell video on February 11, saying she likely had only days to live.
- These last spoken words to her web community drew more than 150,000 views in less than 24 hours.
- In addition to her degree, she also received the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Doug Summerhayes award for outstanding commitment to the cause.
- She was also a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal.On April 30, 2010, Markvoort's family held a memorial service that was attended and watched by thousands of people, around the world.
- The celebration was streamed live to Eva's blog for her followers who could not attend in person.
- A version has been edited by Justin Cousineau and posted on Eva's blog, which continues to be updated by her family.
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