Lono: I wish your wife a quick and full recovery. Don't lose hope! If I may humbly suggest something, go to your local Borders and look for a book called "Let Every Breath" written by my Systema Teacher Vladimir Vasiliev. I know that our other teacher Mikhail Ryabko has actually cured people through breathing therapies when everything else failed. I have recommended this to other friends going through similar tough times and it helped them a lot.
You can actually get it online too:
http://www.LetEveryBreath.comAnd for those of you visiting Miami... check out
http://www.SystemaMiami.com Best wishes!