Alan Marlow

…Dr. Marlowe knew that being back in his office was hard for Jane, but he needed her to sign documents consenting to an autopsy of her husband's body. Learning the details of the condition that killed Lewis might help future CJD patients avoid a similar fate. Jane dried her eyes, took the pen, and signed the documents.…

…And so even though Dr. Marlowe felt confident what Lewis had was CJD, he couldn't be sure so long as Lewis was alive. And so the doctor did everything in his power to ease Lewis's symptoms. However, his condition never improved and Lewis died within five months of his first meeting with the doctor.…

…He would have these muscle spasms that were super intense, to the point where basic movements would cause him severe pain. Eventually, Dr. Marlow suspected the worst, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare and always fatal condition that is caused by abnormal proteins in the brain.…