article_snippet: The rapidly-progressing terminal illness eats away at the brain - causing dementia, memory loss, anxiety and psychosis - and affects motor skills and physical movements.
article_snippet: Rowan Torrez, now 10, received a final postcard (pictured) in the mail at the weekend, almost exactly two years after his death .
article_snippet: only son reminding his only son how much his only son missed his only son.
article_snippet: Now, just days away from the two-year anniversary of his only son , his only son has received an incredible gift in the mail.
article_snippet: It was a postcard, dated June 10, 2007, which read: 'Hello from Pennsylvania.
article_snippet: I love you, and I miss you so much.
article_snippet: It was a touching moment for Rowan, who remembers his father as a 'very good person' and a good father and, as his told the broadcaster, a fitting final goodbye.
highlights_snippet: Now, two years after Navy father Joseph Rowan death, a final postcard has arrived in the mail .