Holy shit... I'm so sorry that you and your family have to suffer through something like that. Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery for Peyton.<p>As for the business... meh. I had the good fortune to be able to volunteer as a firefighter for about 10 years, and worked as a 911 dispatcher for a while... after having been in those literal "life and death" situations a few times (including a couple dealing with my own potential death), I've found that you just don't get as excited about certain things... perspective really does change things.<p>When you are dealing with life and death situations, the business world seems a lot less important. Even if the business fails, at least everybody goes home at the end of the day.
Great story. One thing: on your RealCrowd homepage, even though I'm on the internet all day, I didn't connect with the need to scroll. The only thing that won the war with the back button (because it was an open tab, and I had forgotten why I opened it)... was because I remembered that the page was a link from a post I read. You might want to shrink that header or something.<p>Best of luck!