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Dimpled Chad wrote:

DW and I are doing fine, though I find myself worrying all the time about
losing Frankie. We weren't ready for this sudden onset, but are coping
with it as best we can. We are enjoying as Montana recommends the periods
of normalcy with great gusto. I'm just hoping that there are many many
more months of normalcy. There might be; I just don't know.

Believe me, I know exactly how this feels. I am encouraged by Frankie's
quick rebound, though.

Until next update, Frankie sends his love. He's enjoying so much the extra
peanut-butter treats, and thinks he's in doggy bliss. And it is snowing!
What fun to watch Frankie in it! Last night he really enjoyed it. Today he's
a bit slower, as he has been since this whole thing came on. I'd be so happy
if he'd regain his full enthusiasm, but I'll take what I get when I get it.

You know, if there *is* a purpose to bad things happening, I think that
would be it: to make us really really appreciate the good times.

Wishing you, your wife, and Frankie all of the good times for you to
savor,
/Kevin
--
Found Poetry (_Science News_, 14-Jun-2003): oldest _homo sapiens_ find
+-----------------------------------------+ ocean eddies' far-flung effects;
| Kevin Michael Vail | superior threads spun
+-----------------------------------------+ the pox from prairie dogs.