Hey hodlpleb. I don’t know how to say this but I have a deep empathy for people who go through physical suffering or have to love and walk with those who do. I’ve seen and been through so much of it in my life that I can’t even explain how much it grieves me to hear your story—even as a stranger.

I’m a Christian and I believe the historicity of Jesus and his living, dying, and rising from the dead is credible. I don’t know what you believe but tonight I am praying and pleading to my God that he will intervene in your situation. I really do believe that all suffering has a purpose and I believe that when I pray, He hears me. I am praying for a miracle. But even if not a physical miracle, that He would draw you both to Him and find a peace and joy in knowing Him the way I have been so blessed to have been able to experience.

I can’t even count the number of times I have run through in my mind the sadness and grief I would feel if me or my wife were ever in your shoes. I cling to Jesus for hope—if the story of His life is true, death has no hold on us if we believe. The sadness we feel is only fleeting and there is immense joy to come. It might seem irrational, but I think it’s the most rational explanation we have to the mystery that is this life.

All the best, and seriously: your wife will be in my prayers.