
A. had a major blowout. Seriously, almost dead, holding on by a thread, here only by the grace of being in a hospital in a room with a nurse having eleven years of clinical experience in the ER. Still touch and go, chances are not good, but I don't see any reason to obsess on the 80% chance of passing, I will just hold onto the the 20% chance of coming back.
Late onset siblings. It isn't often that a person gets to discover a sister at the advanced age of sixty-five.