Beau Biden Has Mass in Brain

[MADem]

17. His father had not one, but two, AVMs--every time I see his big smiling face, I think, damn--it is a

MIRACLE that dude is alive.

If you ever watched the HBO series Six Feet Under, the character "Nate" in that program died of one of those.

If it does turn out to be a gioblastoma (the long goodbye, as we learned from Teddy Kennedy), he's at a good facility for treatment, and they keep doing research to further extend lifespan and beat back those things. The person I know who was treated there hung on for five impossible years--all but the last year were with a reasonable --not the best, but not awful--quality of life. He had two operations where they dug the frigging thing out. Helluva tough ride.