a severe illness

complete change, about-face

sickness, illness / worry, agony

to be ill with; to suffer from

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

live a life

life; livelihood; daily living.

(colloquial) current boyfriend