And Huntington’s is genetic so a lot of families who are afflicted with it have to watch a lot of suffering, not just in one family member but in several. It is a really sad, difficult thing.
This situation reminds me of a situation locally. An immigrant from Yugoslavia had lost his wife to cancer shortly after she gave birth to their 10th child; she had foregone cancer treatment in order to save the life of the child. The husband remarried after a while and was building a new life. Had a good job and his own body shop on the side. One Sunday 3 of his girls were driving to church in a nearby town and were in a collision that killed 2 of the girls and left the other in critical condition. The dad and his wife came to church a bit later and found the collision.
Some local Latino gang-wannabes decided that when this dad was visiting his daughter in critical condition after having buried 2 other daughters would be a great time to rob his body shop and get their street cred.
Sick. Totally sick.
When my wife’s uncle was killed in the Korea War, the house was robbed during the memorial service. They stole all the Christmas presents, the same thing the Chinese did weeks earlier.