Thank you Steve for starting my morning off on such a positive note!! Today is my Dad's 1st birthday since his death. My Mom and all of us don't know what to do. It is certainly not a happy birthday, yet, he was such an extraordinary person and so deeply loved by us and all who knew him, so, of course, we want to acknowledge his Birthday. This birthday will be I assume the hardest. My Mom is 76 and spent 54 years married to my Dad and they knew and/or dated each other for 9 years prior to marriage. So, you do the math. Almost my Mom's entire life was spent with my Dad and of course, I'm 48 and my entire life was shared with my Dad, same with my Brother's and my kids. We are struggling with the "firsts" of everything without him and today, his Birthday, is the last of the "firsts" for the year but possibly the hardest. We will do the best we can in our agonizing search for a new "normal" without my Dad. Anyway, your post is the first thing I've read this morning and it made my heart smile!! Your Dad's victories have become my Dad's victories and all EC patient's victories. Tell your Dad I said thank you, especially on this day but every day too!! He IS amazing!! Thank you for the updates Steve - you have no idea what they mean to all of us! Now, if we can just get you a good night sleep :-) God speed - karen