最初克罗斯被诊断为患有另一种不可治愈的疾病，最多只能活到40岁。为寻求其他专家的不同意见，波夫莱特在网上查询淀粉样变性方面的专家。

• Initially Cross was diagnosed with a different,incurable form of the disease,which would likely have killed him by age 40. In search of a second opinion,Poblete tracked down amyloidosis experts on the Internet.