Vince wrote: Glad she has you for support.
She's in trouble, then
Good news is that he avoid major damage, bad news is that he does have some damage. But with cardiac rehab, treatment, etc, he should be mostly fine.
But yeah, it's been a rough year. Her mom had cancer last year, the shingles this year (which turned out about as bad as shingles can), now this. Her brother is scared of losing his job (lives in Utah), and won't come help at all, so it's all on her. Fortunately, my job has been much more supportive.
Life has challenges. Oh, and today my cracked vertebra slipped when I was loading a bowl into the dishwasher. Oh well, could be worse.
It's not me, it's someone else.