A bit along the lines of moonstone, except not me/myself.
My very active and healthy 86 yr. old Dad has suddenly developed a strange shortness of breathe during exertion.
My 45 yr. old best friend has gone in for a biopsy today/this morning after having an abnormal mammogram last week. This is 2 1/2 weeks before she and her husband are supposed to be leaving for Northern Italy for 3 1/2 months (they teach at U Tx San Antonio arch. school and this part of a semester in Italy program). They've no family there, her mom is out of the loop, and her 78 yr old Dad back in Virginia is dealing w/ the after effects of his housefire (last fall). So, for both but especially her, any Good Thoughts/Prayers, and hopefully the wisdom for me to provide the right sort of support, even tho' I'm way up here in Ohio......her husband also has a bunch of last minute university minutiae in all of this, the timing here is so rotten. Well, this sort of thing is never really good, but ya' know.......
Thanks folks.