I'm really sorry to hear about your better half. Lord knows she has enough to deal with being married to you!!!

No doubt she is a trooper though.

This could be an opportune time to plant the idea of using the road-kill/maggot system in your pond.

Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."