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Word has just come to me that a CAT scan has been performed, and the worst has been pretty much confirmed. My wife is on the way to the hospital to support the mother, as she is likely to be called upon to make the most terrible choice a parent can make. The mother stated yesterday that she wanted as many family, friends and community clergy as possible to be present when Conner passes.

I won't stop hoping for a miracle until Conner has left us, but right now, it looks as though his path is going in a direction where none of us can follow.