ALVIN G. CASTRO JR. & ALVIN G. CASTRO III ❤️

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our Dad, Alvin Godfrey Castro Jr. He unexpectedly went home to Heaven on April 21st, 2024, at 5:21 PM, while he was still at Queen’s medical center.

On April 14th, Our dad had to get transported to Queen’s medical center on O’ahu due to medical concerns regarding his heart. In the coming days of him being at Queen’s medical center, he continued to receive his dialysis treatments to pull excess fluids so that the medical team would be able to complete his heart surgery safely and efficiently. During this time, he also had additional testing completed to determine why his troponin levels were continuing to rise as the days went by. Our mom, Kristen was able to fly to O’ahu to be by dad’s side on Friday, April 19th, because dad was originally expected to have his heart surgery done on that same day. However, the medical staff at Queen’s decided to postpone his surgery for Monday, April 22nd. The medical staff decided to postpone his heart surgery because dad still had fluids that needed to be removed. Due to hospital protocol, mom was unable to stay with dad in the hospital. So, she would have to leave dad’s bedside by 8:00 PM, and was unable to return until 8:00 AM the following morning. During the time that she could be in the room with him, our mom noticed that something just wasn’t right with the way that dad was acting. Her concerns continued to rise because dad would become discombobulated after he would have his dialysis treatments completed. Being that mom was dad’s primary caretaker, she knew that things weren’t “okay” and continued to advocate for him to the medical staff. After being brushed off by a nurse who insisted that dads behavior was a “normal reaction” after receiving dialysis treatments, our mom finally was able to convince a different nurse to take a closer look and actually observe the way that dad was behaving. To which, that nurse became concerned with what he was seeing, he then proceeded to notify the Doctor and insist that additional testing be completed, STAT. And once again, our dad’s troponin levels shot up to a scary number. On Saturday evening, dad seemed more disoriented than he had been in the previous days that he received treatments. Yet once again, our mom tried to convince the medical staff to let her stay the night so that she could continue to monitor dad. But unfortunately, she still was not able to stay with him. On Sunday, April 21st, Mom returned to the hospital to which she found dad to be in the same state of disorientation that she had to leave him in the night prior. Continuing to be hopeful, she was then advised that dad’s troponin levels had gotten even higher than they were the previous day. As a result, the medical staff decided to take our dad to conduct a CT scan so that they could see if his overall demeanor was a result of something that was going on neurologically. Unfortunately, the results came back and confirmed that dad had a small stroke on the left side of his brain. The particular area of which the stroke had occurred is linked to his speech. With this newfound information, it confirmed our mom’s suspicions as to why he was behaving the way that he was. As the day went by, dad’s demeanor continued to get progressively worse. He was unable to eat, drink, speak, or take his oral medication. As a result, the medical staff had another IV administered so that they could give dad pain medication and something for nutrition since he was unable to eat on his own. Shortly after, dad went into cardiac arrest. The medical staff was able to get a pulse. He was then supposed to get intubated and moved into ICU. But, he went into cardiac arrest once more. The Queen’s medical staff tried to do CPR for a little over a half an hour. All the while, mom was in the waiting room, grasping onto whatever hope she had left in her, that dad was going to make it….because dad always made it. Except this time, she was met by a Doctor whom was offering his condolences because there was nothing more they could do to bring our dad back.

Being that dad passed away at Queen’s on O’ahu, my siblings and I weren’t able to be by his side during his final moments, because we’re from Hawai’i island. Our mom is still on O’ahu, as she is arranging dad’s final viewing and will also be planning out his celebration of life for a later time.

For those of you who know our mom, you know that she is one of the most kind hearted, hardworking, loving and giving individuals to walk this Earth. She is/was also the main breadwinner of the ‘Ohana, due to dad’s medical concerns. Therefore, she will be out of work until further notice, as she takes care of all of dad’s final arrangements.

As an ‘Ohana, we Mahalo you all for your continued love, condolences, prayers, and support during this time.

Me kealoha pumehana,

Koluboy, Kayli-Ann, Caleb, Kiana, and Jazzy.