Oh my goodness Maria I am just now seeing this. You and Alex have really been through it!
I am sooo relieved reading he is better. I can imagine your frustration waiting for results. Alex is in my thoughts and I'll be checking this thread waiting to read the good news I'm sure is coming.
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"If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." — St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226