I'm so sorry to hear about your BIL, MeShell. *hugs* Fingers crossed for a full and speedy recovery.
This has been a really sh*t week for me as well as my nearest and dearest. Our car window was smashed in and our car burgled on Tuesday night, my best friend here in the UK is 32 weeks pregnant and going though some awful turmoil in her marriage, and Friday night my parents' sweet kitty, Millie, was attacked in their own back yard by a coon dog who broke her back - she had to be put to sleep early yesterday. :\\\'(