Condolences for your loss Brother.
I too lost a friend to liver complication.
However, he drunk way too much.
So it is hard to realize he could have not met such a fate.
I would often dream of him and still do periodically.
There is no doubt a significance in that.
Also of significance, is you sharing your thoughts of your cousin.
It dignifies their existence and honors their essence.
May they be at peace and find grounding in our conscious.