My condolences to you. I know what it feels like to have a close family member suffer something like that. I recall talking to my dad about a week before Christmas back in 2006. Then after 2 weeks into Jan 2007, he is gone. I found out about it because my mom was going nuts when she came home from the Philippines on Jan 3 07 after her sister there told her my dad had passed. When I had talked to him that last time he sounded fine over the phone.