PART TWO
As to Alan, he is going to have Radiation Therapy and see what happens.  It's tons better than Chemo.  I went through Radiation  T also, and it did the trick.  I am praying for Him, but I do know that the Lord is taking away many people whom He wants to go to heaven.  I know he was an agnostic atheist, but he at least claimed to be agnostic.  That's a step in the right direction.  I am praying to God to forgive him for his inerrant beliefs because he evidently doesn't know any better.  Too bad his mother didn't take him to a nice Christian Church when he was a boy.  That's his mom's fault, not Alan's.  Well honey, you are a little sweetheart.  God bless you for caring!!