I swear, sometimes, no matter how bad we might have it.................

[DFW]

2. The diagnosis is very recent, and my wife and I only hear third hand, so we aren't constantly getting news.

It goes from the girlfriend's family to her boyfriend to our daughter to us.

All we know is that it is ugly, and that she is determined to fight it to the extent possible. What no one knows is just what extent is possible. Finding that out is the next step. It is not easy, since what she has is highly unusual, and there aren't many specialists who know how to treat it. This doesn't have to be horrible news--think of my wife's diagnosis of "the murderer" ten years ago. There is a chance she'll recover, and as long as there IS that chance, we'll all cling to it.