This from The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Her treatments are the main reason Bill Caudle signed up to join the Army on May 13, 2009, his 39th birthday. That decision is the reason he won't be there the next morning when she asks the doctor what comes next.

Still, Michelle is glad to have him home, if only on a four-day pass from Joint Base Lewis-McChord. It is a comfort to have him beside her when the bad news lands.

Another comfort rests in the crook of her arm: her first grandchild, 3-month-old Trevor, son of her oldest daughter, Alysha, 22.

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