Mrzzy - My heart goes out to you and the kids. It won't be easy but remember that all things pass in time.

When my daughter was sixteen, we discovered that dad had an inoperable brain tumor. He went on a marobiotic diet and shrunk it from the size of a walnut to the size of a pea. That was 14 years ago and he's still with us. He is blind in one eye, slurs his speech a little but has exactly the same personality and still writes music.

Life is not easy but the children will surprize you with their strength, their courage and their dignity. My children have become kind and thoughtful adults. I think they owe it to their experience with human frailty.

Good luck to you all and cherish each moment.