I had a phone call tonight

from one of my oldest & most steadfast Fire Brigade buddies. Normally K. is fulll of life with an answer to anything & everything you say to him. His wife has been ill for some time now with various ailments that have proved hard to track down. She has just been admitted to hospital with a node on her lung that lies very close to her pulmonary artery. Not good, & not good prospects. I wish there was something I could do other than tell him "anything I can do , just yell" but there isnt. K sounded quite down & more than a little lost & defeated, which isnt him at all. Hang in my friend like we always used to...