As I sit on my couch across from my 30 yr old wife (who is pregnant) and my 3 yr old son I opened this link with an eerie feeling. When Alexis started talking about his mother, first though in my mind was 'he is gonna say it is cancer'. Then when I saw the screen of it being a brain tumor, it felt surreal.
About a month ago, my wife had a grade IV glioblastoma removed, and is now undergoing 6 weeks of daily chemo and radiation, followed by scheduled delivery @ 34 weeks, followed by more radiation on her spine (her gleo has PNET like attributes). We are extremely lucky that she is/was a nurse at one of the best hospitals in the world (mayo clinic).
While my dreams of owning my own successful company have been put on hold to focus on my family, this story has helped me put aside some of my own internal guilt of still wanting to do that someday.
Thanks for sharing your story Alexis.