long ago, he was sick. things break. you get fixed. so we ended up going to brigham and women's and they started bringing up things like cancer, you know, you get to have a lung biopsy, a spinal tap. they have taken this stuff and cannot figure it out. that is a streetsful time not just for me but susy trying to keep up with the kids. >> reporter: his wife, susy, stayed at his side nonstop. >> i have never seen anyone so sk in my life. idea it could be something like lymphoma because he had, um, nodules on the lungs and they need toby oppsied then talking about bone narrow. reporter: finally one of the test came back positive. >> it was plon. you know, for the northeast, like nobody gets this. were are return knew what its? >> yes. because matt and sue i have from ohio and an area where the fungus thrives. founddation. when he was there, matt decided to take a part old on for a reclaim the old wood, one of the passing. we go. we take done the old barns and do all of that. they are are nasty. i mean, hundreds of years like animal droppings. dust, mold. >> moldy hay and animal droppings that carry the fun buts. which is notepad for someone like matt because of the med