Enduring the End: Surviving the Effects of an Illness on Marriage and Family

No one grows up saying, “I think I’ll get sick,” and spends the rest of their life trying to survive a constant battle between life and death. Instead, we grow up believing we’re invincible. We believe nothing bad could ever happen to us because we have hopes and dreams to fulfill. There’s never a good time to have poor health. In 2002, my husband, Juan, contracted valley fever which disseminated into fungal meningitis, causing irreparable scarring on his brain. For nine years, our time was...