AIDS. Remember Me?

On the morning of my thirtieth birthday, I checked my then-partner, Shane Sawick, into the hospital.  He would not come out.  Shane died just two weeks later, suffering from Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML); one disease, among many, battled in his long war against AIDS.  Once in the hospital, the illness quickly progressed, and in just [...]